Well, to be perfectly honest, you won't find this in this week's cartoon.
Here's something else you won't find in this week's cartoon: The Roman Emperor Commodus (reigned AD 180 – 192) was an incompetent ruler, devoting most of his rule to self-glorification.
He had himself minted onto imperial currency, which wasn't unusual. He festooned Rome with countless statues of himself as Hercules, which was only slightly out of the ordinary. Then he renamed the city "Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana." He further renamed the months of the year, the Roman legions, the fleet, the senate, the imperial palace after himself, and even decreed that each and every citizen of Rome must change their name to Commodianus.
Within a year, he was assassinated, and the names were all changed back.
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