Complex sentence: In 811 he was recalled by Michael I Rangabe, over whom he wielded much influence, and was again banished and flogged in 814 for his resistance to the edict of Emperor Leo V the Armenian, which forbade the veneration of images.
Split into simpler sentences: In 811 he was recalled by Michael I Rangabe, over whom he wielded much influence. He was again banished and flogged in 814 for his resistance to the edict of Emperor Leo V the Armenian, which forbade the veneration of images.