Original sentence: In Rome's state cult, deceased divi were not credited with "personal" divine power - this was reserved for their divine patrons - and veneration of the living princeps as divus would have acknowledged his  power as monarchic.In Rome, the offer of divine honours weighed the god-like powers of the princeps against his powers of self-restraint and pious respect for Republican tradition: "good" emperors rejected the offer with every appearance of gratitude and humility.The manner of Caesar's apotheosis as an essentially Republican permission justified the future cult of Imperial divi
Edited sentence: In Rome's state cult, deceased divi were not credited with "personal" divine power - this was reserved for their divine patrons.The granting of Caesar's apotheosis in a stable Republic justified the future cult of Imperial divi.The official offer of divine honours weighed the god-like powers of the princeps against his powers of self-restraint and pious respect for Republican tradition: "good" emperors rejected the offer with every appearance of gratitude and humility