Complex sentence: Crassus Mucianus met with defeat against Aristonicus, and while retreating, he was overtaken by the enemy and stabbed to death; according to one source, Valerius Maximus 3.2.12.
Split into simpler sentences: Crassus Mucianus met with defeat against Aristonicus, and while retreating, he was overtaken by the enemy and stabbed to death. According to one source, Valerius Maximus 3.2.12.