List of Asterix volumes
Goscinny and Uderzo

List of Asterix volumes

Section Title: Goscinny and Uderzo
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Volume Number	Year Published	English Title	French Title	Main Setting	Plot

1	1961	Asterix the Gaul	Astérix le Gaulois	Asterix's village and Roman camp Compendium (no travel)	The Romans discover the secret of the Gauls' strength is the magic potion brewed by the druid Getafix, so they capture him and attempt to get the recipe out of him.

2	1962	Asterix and the Golden Sickle	La Serpe d'or	Lutetia (Paris)	Getafix's sickle breaks, so Asterix and Obelix volunteer to go to Lutetia to buy a new one. But there is a mysterious sickle shortage our heroes must get to the bottom of.

3	1963	Asterix and the Goths	Astérix et les Goths	Germany	The druid Getafix is captured by a tribe of Goths, and Asterix and Obelix must rescue him.

4	1964	Asterix the Gladiator	Astérix gladiateur	Rome	Odius Asparagus, the prefect of Gaul, captures Cacofonix and sends him as a present to Caesar. Unimpressed by the bard, Caesar orders him to be thrown to the lions at the Circus Maximus.

5	1965	Asterix and the Banquet	Le Tour de Gaule d'Astérix	Various French cities	Unsuccessful at conquering the village, the Romans decide to isolate it by building a stockade. To remove it, Asterix strikes a bet with the Romans that he and Obelix can travel throughout Gaul and back to the village with various Gaulish delicacies without the Romans being able to stop them.

6	1965	Asterix and Cleopatra	Astérix et Cléopâtre	Egypt	Caesar calls the Egyptians inferior to the Romans. Outraged, Cleopatra wagers that her people can build a grand monument in record time.

7	1966	Asterix and the Big Fight	Le combat des chefs	Asterix's village (no travel)	The Romans conspire with a Roman-friendly Gaulish village to declare a ritual winner-takes-all fight between village chiefs. A blow from one of Obelix's menhirs causes Getafix to lose his memory, leaving the Gauls without magic potion.

8	1966	Asterix in Britain	Astérix chez les Bretons	Britain	One small village in Britain still holds out against the Roman invaders. But with no magic potion, they need help, so Asterix's cousin Anticlimax comes to Gaul seeking aid.

9	1966	Asterix and the Normans	Astérix et les Normands	Asterix's village (no travel)	The Normans are fearless to the point of not even understanding the concept, so they travel to Gaul where they kidnap chief Vitalstatistix's cowardly visiting nephew Justforkix to teach them fear.

10	1967	Asterix the Legionary	Astérix légionnaire	Africa	Asterix and Obelix join the Roman Legion (in a parody of the French Foreign Legion) in an attempt to find the conscripted fiancé of Panacea, a villager on whom Obelix has a big crush.

11	1968	Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield	Le bouclier Arverne	Cities in southern France: Acqua Calidae (Vichy), Gergovia, Nemessos (Clermont-Ferrand)	After too many banquets, chief Vitalstatistix is forced to visit a spa in the Arvernian countryside to nurse his sore liver.

12	1968	Asterix at the Olympic Games	Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques	Greece	To participate in the Olympic Games in Greece, the Gauls register themselves as Romans. When the officials declare the magic potion to be a form of illegal doping, Asterix turns to his native abilities to compete.

13	1969	Asterix and the Cauldron	Astérix et le chaudron	Condatum (Rennes)	Whosemoralsarelastix, chief of a nearby village, asks Vitalstatistix to hide his village's money to prevent the Romans from taking it. When the money is stolen under his watch, Asterix is banished until he can repay the money and recover his honour.

14	1969	Asterix in Spain	Astérix en Hispanie	Spain	Pepe, the young and obstinate son of a Spanish chieftain, is kidnapped by the Romans and sent to Gaul. Asterix and Obelix rescue him and escort him back to Spain.

15	1970	Asterix and the Roman Agent	La Zizanie	Asterix's village (no travel)	A troublemaker is brought to Caesar in Rome; he was to be executed in the Colosseum, but is so conniving that the lions ate each other instead.

16	1970	Asterix in Switzerland	Astérix chez les Helvètes	Switzerland	A poisoned Roman tax inspector is given sanctuary in the Village. Asterix and Obelix are sent to Switzerland to recover a silver star flower, or edelweiss, which is needed to cure him.

17	1971	The Mansions of the Gods	Le Domaine des dieux	Asterix's village (no travel)	Caesar tries to dilute solidarity and weaken local customs in Gaul by creating a vacation resort near the Village. The villagers sabotage the plan, first by magically replanting trees at the building site, and by creating a slaves' union; later by being obnoxious neighbors to the resident Romans.

18	1972	Asterix and the Laurel Wreath	Les Lauriers de César	Rome	Thoroughly chagrined by his obnoxious brother-in-law, Vitalstatistix gets drunk and boasts he will create a dish seasoned with Caesar's laurel wreath.

19	1972	Asterix and the Soothsayer	Le Devin	Asterix's village (no travel)	In the absence of Getafix, a fraudulent seer seeks shelter in the Village during a storm. Camped in the forest, he makes predictions the villagers want to hear and asks them to provide items (food, alcohol and money) from which to "read" the future.

20	1973	Asterix in Corsica	Astérix en Corse	Corsica	As part of celebrations of the anniversary of Vercingetorix's victory at the Battle of Gergovia, the Gauls and their friends raid one of the nearby Roman camps.

21	1974	Asterix and Caesar's Gift	Le Cadeau de César	Asterix's village	At the end of their career, legionaries are granted plots of land in Roman colonies for retirement. A perpetually inebriated soldier is given the Village, by Caesar's hand, which he promptly sells to an innkeeper for wine.

22	1975	Asterix and the Great Crossing	La Grande traversée	North America and Denmark	Brewing the magic potion requires fresh fish, and Unhygienix has none since he imports them from Lutetia (Paris) (despite living by the sea).

23*	1976	Asterix Conquers Rome	Les 12 Travaux D'Asterix	various locations	To prove to his critics that the Gauls are mere mortals, Julius Caesar challenges the village to perform twelve tasks that only gods could perform, similar to the twelve tasks of Hercules.

23	1976	Obelix and Co.	Obélix et Compagnie	Asterix's village (no travel)	Caesar sends one of his advisors to the Gaulish village, in an effort to make them rich, decadent and utterly dependent on Rome.

24	1979	Asterix in Belgium	Astérix chez les Belges	Belgium	When Vitalstatistix hears that Caesar has said the Belgians are the bravest of all the Gaulish peoples he heads to Belgium in a huff to show the world that his Armoricans are really the best.

32	2003	Asterix and the Class Act	Astérix et la rentrée gauloise	Most stories take place in Asterix's village	A collection of several short stories, including an experiment at different drawing and storytelling styles. Most stories are written by Goscinny.

34	2009	Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book	L'Anniversaire d'Astérix et Obélix- le Livre d'Or	Several short stories, including some written by Goscinny.

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Asterix the Gladiator is the fourth volume of the Asterix series, by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.

final_sentence: Asterix the Gladiator is the fourth volume of the Asterix series, by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.