Complex sentence: During the civil war between Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla he sided with the former, but was defeated by Sulla at the Battle of Mount Tifata near Capua, and again by Metellus at Faventia in Cisalpine Gaul (82).
Split into simpler sentences: During the civil war between Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla he sided with the former. He was defeated by Sulla at the Battle of Mount Tifata near Capua, and again by Metellus at Faventia in Cisalpine Gaul (82).