Augustus abandoned his connection with the second triumvirate and claimed to re instate the republic and rule of the senate, culminating in his refusal of power in the great debate of 27 BC, as told in the Res Gestae, by which Augustus hoped to halt the ambitions of many senators who wanted a return to the republic and stop the senate from becoming a focus for opposition against himself. Augustus' own conservative attitudes helped to keep up the Republican Façade and the support of the senators. ... For a small period after his accession, Gaius did attempt to appease the senate, possibly...

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