Complex sentence: Evagrius has claimed in previous passages that Gregory was popular and respected in Antioch, but then Evagrius himself records riots in Antioch aimed at the Patriarch, predating the scandal with Anatolius.
Split into simpler sentences: Evagrius has claimed in previous passages that Gregory was popular and respected in Antioch. But then Evagrius himself records riots in Antioch aimed at the Patriarch, predating the scandal with Anatolius.