Complex sentence: General Quintus, captain of the Praetorian Guard and a friend to Maximus, chooses to follow Commodus'orders and sends men to Spain to kill Maximus's wife and son.
Split into simpler sentences: General Quintus, captain of the Praetorian Guard and a friend to Maximus, chooses to follow Commodus. He obeys Commodus'orders and sends men to Spain to kill Maximus's wife and son.