![]() This is a map of Caesar’s campaigns during the Gallic Wars of (roughly) 58 BC – 50 BC. What is that name? Why is it relevant? And how did it lead me into researching French history to help explain the origins of the Asterix series, as a whole?Īnd how cool is the history of the Roman empire, anyway? Where is “Gaul”? In “ Asterix and the Golden Sickle,” the town drunk who spends most of his time in prison thanks to his Roman hosts, is constantly mispronouncing some long Gaulish name. For example, it’s the famous Vercingetorix painting that we have to blame for the entire Asterix series.
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