TY - BOOK AU - Goscinny AU - Uderzo TI - Le bouclier Arverne T2 - Une Aventure d'Astérix, SN - 2205002686 AV - PN6747.G6 B66 1968 U1 - 448.64 PY - 1968///] CY - Paris, New York PB - Dargaud KW - Astérix (Fictitious character) KW - Obelix (Fictitious character : Uderzo) KW - Gauls KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Graphic novels KW - French language KW - French wit and humor, Pictorial KW - France 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 obtain a chieftain's shield ER -