Complex sentence: He suggests that the dying emperor might have even been trying to reintroduce the concept of a Western and Eastern Roman Emperor, with Germanus and Maurice chosen for their respective connections to the western and eastern provinces of the Empire.
Split into simpler sentences: He suggests that the dying emperor might even been trying to reintroduce the concept of a Western and Eastern Roman Emperor. With Germanus and Maurice chosen for their respective connections to the western and eastern provinces of the Empire.