The Imperial "divi" and living "genii" appear to have been served by separate ceremonies and priesthoods. Emperors themselves could be priests of state gods, the "divi" and their own "genius" cult images. The latter practice illustrates the Imperial "genius" as innate to its holder but separable from him as a focus of respect and cult, formally consistent with cult to the personification of ideas and ideals such as Fortune ("Fortuna"), peace ("Pax") or victory ("Victoria") "et al." in conjunction with the "genius" of the Emperor, Senate or Roman people; Julius Caesar had showed his affinity with the virtue of clemency ("Clementia"), a personal quality associated with his divine ancestor and patron goddess Venus. Priests typically and respectfully identified their function by manifesting the appearance and other properties of their "deus". The duties of Imperial priests were both religious and magistral: they included the provision of approved Imperial portraits, statues and sacrifice, the institution of regular calendrical cult and the inauguration of public works, Imperial games (state "ludi") and munera to authorised models. In effect, priests throughout the empire were responsible for re-creating, expounding and celebrating the extraordinary gifts, powers and charisma of emperors.