Written by: Goscinny - Drawings by: Uderzo
Original title: Astérix Gladiateur
Published by: Hachette Livre
First published by: Pilote no. 126 (22/03/1962)
First album edition: 1964
The film Asterix versus Caesar made in 1985 was based on this album and on Asterix the Legionary.
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When Cacofinix the bard is taken to Rome as a present for Julius Caesar, Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue him, sailing with master salesman Ekonomikrisis, the Phoenician merchant. How do our Gaulish friends come to end up training as gladiators? The next Games in the Circus Maximus are not quite what Caesar and the Roman public expect …
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What the druids have to say about Asterix the Gladiator
The pirates, who now make their entry into the Asterix world, are not to be missed! Asterix is a film enthusiast: while the gladiator training brings Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus to mind (whose star, Kirk Douglas, will make a notable appearance in Asterix and Obelix all at Sea), the chariot race recalls Ben Hur. Later on, the Asterix and Cleopatra album will draw on Mankiewicz's Cleopatra. Little by little, without the authors realising it, and before gaining publishing success status, the series is creating waves. The magic is ready to roll.
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Character profiles of the album Asterix the Gladiator
Appianglorious,
Asterix,
Brutus,
Cacofonix,
Caius Fatuous,
Ekonomikrisis,
Getafix,
Gracchus Armisurplus,
Insalubrius,
Instantmix,
Julius Caesar,
Obelix,
Odius Asparagus,
Pegleg,
Picanmix,
Pirate Lookout,
Porpus,
Redbeard,
Sendervictorius,
Vitalstatistix,
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Various versions of the album Asterix the Gladiator
Asterix the Gladiator
Classic paperback collection N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-611-6
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48 | Hardback edition N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-610-9
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48 | |
The year is 50 B.C. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well not entirely! One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium...
©2010 - Les Editions Albert-René/Goscinny-Uderzo
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