Commodus

01He renamed all twelve months after himself: Amazonius, Invictus, Felix, Pius, Lucius, Aelius, Aurelius, Commodus, Augustus, Herculeus, Romanus, Exsuperatorius.
02In the arena he killed ostriches with crescent-headed arrows, then waved the severed heads at senators.
03His lover Marcia, his chamberlain, and his wrestling partner Narcissus conspired together to poison then strangle him on 31 December 192.

01RENAMO's systematic amputations were documented by Robert Gersony in a 1988 UNHCR report as a deliberate, organized policy — not random violence.
02The war between FRELIMO and RENAMO killed between 900,000 and one million people, with 1.7 million refugees fleeing to neighboring countries.
03RENAMO was initially created and funded by Rhodesian Central Intelligence to destabilize newly independent Mozambique as punishment for harboring ZANLA guerrillas.

The phrase banana republic was coined in 1904 by American writer O. Henry .

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Commodus renamed Rome 'Colonia Commodiana,' rechristened the months after his own titles, and descended into the arena as a gladiator — charging the treasury a million sesterces per appearance — until his wrestling coach strangled him.