Complex sentence: During the Third Mithridatic War, Pompey asked for Scaurus by name to become his military tribune, and charged Scaurus, at the time quaestor, with the responsibility for the Judea region, which was involved in a bloody civil war between the brothers Hyrcanus and Aristobulus.
Split into simpler sentences: During the Third Mithridatic War, Pompey asked for Scaurus by name to become his military tribune, and charged Scaurus, at the time quaestor with the responsibility for the Judea region. The area was involved in a bloody civil war between the brothers Hyrcanus and Aristobulus.