Complex sentence: Some thirty years before its first association with Caesar's heir, "augustus" was an obscure honorific with religious associations; in one early context (58 BC), "augustus" is associated with provincial Lares (Roman household gods).
Split into simpler sentences: Some thirty years before its first association with Caesar's heir, "augustus" was an obscure honorific with religious associations. One early context (58 BC), associates "augustus" with provincial Lares (Roman household gods).