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.
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 …
What the druids have to say about the album
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.
Character profiles of the album
Various versions of the album
Astérix gladiateur – Français – Editions Hachette
Astérix Gladiateur – Français – Editions Hachette – La Grande Collection
Asterix als Gladiator – Allemand – Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin
Asterix als Gladiator – Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection – Die Utimative Edition
Asterix gladiador – Espagnol – Salvat
Asterix gladiador – Espagnol – Salvat La colección
Asterix gladiador – Espagnol – Salvat La Gran Colección
Astèrix gladiador – Catalan – Salvat
Astérix Gladiador – Portugais – ASA
Astérix Gladiador – Portugais – A colecção – Salvat
Asterix the Gladiator – Anglais – Orion
Asterix y Gladiator – Gallois – Dalen
Asterix an Gliaire – Irlandais – Dalen
Asterix an Gladaidheatair – Gaélique – Dalen
Asterix the Bonnie Fechter – Ecossais – Dalen
Asterix en de gladiatoren – Néerlandais – Editions Hachette
Asterix gladiaattorina – Finnois – Egmont Kustannus OY AB
Asterix gladiatore – Italien – Panini Comics
Asterix Gladiator – Latin – Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin
글래디에이터가돤 아스테릭스 – Gûllaedieiteo-ga dwan Asteriks – Coréen – Moonji
Asterix som gladiator – Danois – Egmont A/S
Asterix som gladiator – Suédois – Egmont AB
Asteriks Gladyatör – Turc – Remzi Kitabevi
Asterix Gladiador – Brésilien (Portugais) – Record
Asterix Gladiator – Polonais – Egmont Sp
Brut un Spillcher – Mundart 13 – Kölsch II
Asterix ols Gladiatoa – Mundart 39 – Kärntnerisch I
Asterix da Gladiatoa – Mundart 63 – Bayrisch IV
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N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-611-6
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48
N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-610-9
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48