Customer Reviews
Didn't they base a hollywood movie on this one? - By: Lou Knee, 28 Aug 2007 
One of the top contenders for bestin series sees our fearless heroes set off to the depraved circuses of Rome on their most noble mission of all: To rescue the kidknapped bard whose singing none of them can stand, but who, regardless of that, is still one of them! Has some great scenes & is very well conceived.
I am Asterix the Gaul, and I will have my Druid back. - By: , 08 Aug 2004 'Asterix the Gladiator' is the 4th of 31 adventures published between 1961and 2001; This adventure is from 1964. It has it all: Bad singing, a unique use for Parsley, a Chariot race to equal Ben Hur & cutting edge Gladiator training (minus Russell Crowe). Asterix & Obelix travel to Rome to rescue their Druid Cacofonix from a fatal encounter with the Lionsin the Colloseum. Cocofonix is treated with serious disrespect most of the time because of his appalling singing, but the Gauls pull together when 'one of their own' is under threat. There is no real peril for Cacofonix as we know that rescue is inevitably on the way. As usual, Asterix & Obelix impose their Gallic attitude wherever they are; the Romans just have to make way (as does the waterin the Roman baths). This is the best adventure yet, & for me ratesin the top 10 of the 31 adventures. This new re-inked & re-coloured edition brings new life to the story. My original 1969 edition was not badly produced, but clothing colour was originally inconsistent with later adventures, & this has now been corrected. Fully deserving of five stars.
