Complex sentence: Extensive contact with Rome altered the egalitarian structure of tribal Germanic society and as individuals rose to prominence, a distinction between commoner and nobility developed and with it the previous constructs of folkright shared by all was replaced in some cases by privilege.
Split into simpler sentences: Extensive contact with Rome altered the egalitarian structure of tribal Germanic society. As individuals rose to prominence, a distinction between commoner and nobility developed and with it the previous constructs of folkright shared equally across the tribe was replaced in some cases by privilege.