Complex sentence: Following their victory over the French, the Papacy round on the Sforzas, and Cesare is sent to Forli to persuade Caterina to come to Rome and bow down before the Pope, and she instead takes him into her bed.
Split into simpler sentences: Following their victory over the French, the papacy focuses wrath upon the Sforzas, and Cesare is sent to Forli. He attempts to persuade Caterina to come to Rome and bow down before the Pope, and she instead takes him into her bed.