Original sentence: For democratic city-states such as Athens and Rhodes the cult of Roma was accepted and practiced as analogous to their own traditional cult personifications of Demos
Edited sentence: Emperor) as part of a propaganda campaign.For democratic city-states such as Athens and Rhodes the cult of Roma was accepted as analogous to traditional personifications and cult of Demos.Her worship was made official by Augustus Caesar early in his career as "Princeps Senatus" or "Primus inter pares" (first citizen of the Senate and first among equals, respectively – i.In this way he deified the concept of Rome, building many temples to her (often as a 'Temple of Rome and Augustus' to make the imperial cult and emperor worship more palatable), with a copy his Res Gestae alongside