TY - BOOK AU - Goscinny AU - Uderzo (ill.) TI - Astérix le Gaulois: (Asterix the Gaul) T2 - Une Aventure d'Astérix SN - 2205000969 AV - PN6747.G6 A8843 1961 U1 - 448.64 PY - 1961///] CY - Paris PB - Dargaud KW - Astérix (Fictitious character) KW - Obelix (Fictitious character : Uderzo) KW - Gauls KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Graphic novels KW - France KW - French language KW - French wit and humor, Pictorial KW - Rome KW - History KW - Republic, 510-30 B.C N1 - Cover series title: "Vne Aventvre d'Astérix le Gavlois", (Une Aventure d'Astérix le Gaulois); Cover illustrated in color N2 - Gaul became a province of the Roman Empire after their conquest in the Gallic Wars of the 50s BC. After this, the Gauls were culturally assimilated into a Gallo-Roman culture until they eventually lost their tribal identities by the end of 1 AD. The humorous Asterix stories are set about 50 BC, when the Romans occupied the Gauls territory (modern day France) and some people still resisted the Roman occupation repeatedly. In this adventure, Asterix and his faithful bumbling sidekick Obelix are introduced to readers for the first time ER -