Maximinus Thrax is a strong contender here, though. Absolutely sounds like an old friend of Zaphod Beeblebrox.
Florentine quarantine: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n04/erin-maglaque/inclined-to-putrefaction
Stupendemys Geographicus would have been a fantastic name for a centurion in an Asterix book.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51485011