This is the villain from my recently drafted short story “The Thunderstaff of Batela”, a Roman legate named Servius Scipio (his name was originally going to be Claudius Scipio, but someone informed me that Romans of the Scipio family line would not have used “Claudius” due to their cultural naming conventions). That staff he’s holding is the Thunderstaff, which is capable of shooting bolts of lightning. He had it stolen from the (fictional) kingdom of Batela in Central Africa and plans it use it to conquer the entire continent for Rome. It’s up to Nadjela, princess of Batela, and her leopard companion Ishaga to stop him!