Original sentence: Augustus re-invented the Roman Republic with due deference to the traditional senatorial and consular framework of government.Augustus' powers were even broader than Caesar's had been but he exercised them with subtlety and tact.He appeared to claim nothing for himself, and innovate nothing: even the cult to the divus Julius had a respectable antecedent in the Roman ancestor cult of the di parentes.Should "foreigners" (or private citizens) wish to honour him as something more, that was their prerogative,within moderation
Edited sentence: Augustus appeared to claim nothing for himself, and innovate nothing: even the cult to the divus Julius had a respectable antecedent in the Roman ancestor cult of the di parentes.He re-invented the Roman Republic with due deference to the senatorial and consular tradition.Should "foreigners" or private citizens wish to honour him as something more, that was their prerogative, within moderation