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Asterix and the Roman Agent

French Title:	La Zizanie
Story:	Rene Goscinny
Illustrations:	Albert Uderzo
French Edition:	1970
English Translation:	1972
Preceded by:	Asterix in Spain
Followed by:	Asterix in Switzerland

Asterix and the Roman Agent is the fifteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It first appeared as a serial in Pilote issues 531-552 in 1970. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (792x1098, 102 KB) Self-scan of cover. ... René Goscinny René Goscinny (b. ... Albert Uderzo Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927 in France) is a French comic book artist, and scriptwriter. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Asterix in Spain is the fourteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix in Switzerland is the sixteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix the Gaul This article is about the comic book series. ... This is a list of all 33 Asterix official volumes. ... RenÃ© Goscinny (August 14, 1926 â€“ November 5, 1977) Polish- French author, editor and humorist, who is best known for the comic strip AstÃ©rix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and the comic strip Lucky Luke. // Early life RenÃ© was born in Paris in 1926, to Stanislaw Simkha Goscinny... Albert Uderzo Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927 in France) is a French comic book artist, and scriptwriter. ... Cover for Pilote by Robert Crumb. ...

Plot Summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Julius Caesar is told about a prisoner, Tortuous Convolvulus, who can cause dissension and stir up a fight between anyone - including the lions which were to devour him in the circus. Impressed by his ability, Caesar sends the troublemaker to divide the Gauls.

Convolvulus weedles his way into the Gaulish village and quickly stirs up distrust between the villagers - most notably, he uses the ruse that the Romans have acquired the secret of the Magic Potion -, but in the end the friendship between the Gauls stands firm. After a major fight against all four Roman garrisons around the village, Asterix and the Gauls turn the tables on Convolvulus in an ingenious move, labelling him as a traitor and getting him sent back to Rome for punishment. After a final move to purge their fellows from the bad influence, centering around a test both of Chief Vitalstatistix's birthday present (a new shield, part of a growing collection of shields that have piled up over the years, to the disgust of Impedimenta) and of whether the mood of discord is fully defunct, the story ends with the traditional banquet.

Notes

This is the first appearance of several female villagers — Impedamenta's inner circle of prominent wives. In particular the wives of Geriatrix and Fulliautomatix, and an obese lady whose husband is not mentioned, but who appears in many crowd and background scenes in later albums are first seen here.

Mural painting in Brussels, Belgium, showing characters from the Asterix comics. ... Mural painting in Brussels, Belgium, showing characters from the Asterix comics. ... Mural painting in Brussels, Belgium, showing characters from the Asterix comics. ...

In other languages

German: Streit um Asterix (The Asterix Controversy)
Spanish: La cizaña

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Books	Asterix the Gaul \| Asterix and the Golden Sickle \| Asterix and the Goths \| Asterix the Gladiator \| Asterix and the Banquet \| Asterix and Cleopatra \| Asterix and the Big Fight \| Asterix in Britain \| Asterix and the Normans \| Asterix the Legionary \| Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield \| Asterix at the Olympic Games \| Asterix and the Cauldron \| Asterix in Spain \| Asterix and the Roman Agent \| Asterix in Switzerland \| The Mansions of the Gods \| Asterix and the Laurel Wreath \| Asterix and the Soothsayer \| Asterix in Corsica \| Asterix and Caesar's Gift \| Asterix and the Great Crossing \| Obelix and Co. \| Asterix in Belgium \| Asterix and the Great Divide \| Asterix and the Black Gold \| Asterix and Son \| Asterix and the Magic Carpet \| Asterix and the Secret Weapon \| Asterix and Obelix All at Sea \| Asterix and the Actress \| Asterix and the Class Act \| Asterix and the Falling Sky How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When he was a Little Boy Asterix the Gaul This article is about the comic book series. ... This is a list of all 33 Asterix official volumes. ... Asterix the Gaul is the first volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Golden Sickle is the second volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Goths is the third volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix the Gladiator is the fourth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Banquet is the fourth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and Cleopatra, the sixth book in the Asterix comic book series by RenÃ© Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, was serialized in Pilote issues 215-257 in 1963. ... Asterix and the Big Fight is a French comic book, the seventh in the Asterix series. ... Asterix in Britain is a French comic book, the eighth in the Asterix series. ... Asterix and the Normans is the ninth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix the Legionary, the tenth Asterix book by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, was published in 1967. ... Asterix and the Chieftains Shield (original title: Le bouclier arverne) is the eleventh Asterix comic book, written by RenÃ© Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo. ... Asterix at the Olympic Games is an extremely effective satire on performance enhancing drug taking in sport. ... Cover of Asterix and the Cauldron Asterix and the Cauldron is the thirteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix in Spain is the fourteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix in Switzerland is the sixteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... The Mansions of the Gods is the seventeenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Laurel Wreath is the eighteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Soothsayer is the nineteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix in Corsica is the twentieth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and Caesars Gift is the twenty-first volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Great Crossing is the twenty-second volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Obelix and Co. ... Asterix in Belgium is the twenty-fourth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Great Divide is the twenty-fifth volume of the Asterix series. ... Asterix and the Black Gold (original name: LOdyssÃ©e dAstÃ©rix) is the twenty-sixth volume of Asterix comic book series, originally published in 1981. ... Asterix and Son is the twenty-seventh volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Magic Carpet is the twenty-eighth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Secret Weapon is the twenty-ninth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... An astrix booh in which our heroes go out to sea. ... Asterix and the Actress is the thirty-first volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Class Act is the thirty-second volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Asterix and the Falling Sky is the thirty-third volume of the Asterix comic book series, by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When he was a Little Boy is an Asterix story written by RenÃ© Goscinny and originally published in Pilote issue 291 in 1965 with only a few drawings. ...
Movies	Asterix the Gaul \| Asterix and Cleopatra \|The Twelve Tasks of Asterix \| Asterix Versus Caesar \| Asterix in Britain \| Asterix and the Big Fight \| Asterix Conquers America \| Asterix and the Vikings Live action Asterix films It has been suggested that Asterix Films be merged into this article or section. ... Asterix the Gaul was a film released in 1967, and based on the book Asterix the Gaul, which was the first book in the highly popular comic series Asterix by Goscinny and Uderzo. ... Asterix and Cleopatra was an animated film released in 1968; the second Asterix adventure to be made into a feature film. ... The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (Les Douze travaux dAstÃ©rix) is an animated featured film released in 1976 starring Asterix, the Gaul. ... Asterix Versus Caesar (AstÃ©rix et la surprise de CÃ©sar, 1985) is the first of the 1980s Asterix films, based on the comic books by the same name, and is often considered as one of the best Asterix-films by fans of the comics and the movies. ... Asterix in Britain was an animated film released in 1986; the fifth Asterix feature film, and the last from Dargaud Films. ... Asterix and the Big Fight is a 1989 animated movie directed by Philippe Grimond and produced by Yannick Piel. ... Asterix Conquers America is a 1994 animated movie directed by Gerhard Hahn. ... Asterix and the Vikings (working international English title for AstÃ©rix et les Vikings) is an animated full length feature, produced in France and Denmark, and directed by Stefan Fjeldmark and Jesper MÃ¸ller. ... // Asterix versus Ceasar is the first live action Asterix film and it describes the adventure of the world famous Gauls against the Roman Empire. ...
Games	Asterix \| Asterix and the Magic Cauldron \| Asterix and the Great Rescue \| Asterix & Obelix XXL \| XXL 2: Mission Las Vegum
Characters	Asterix \| Obelix \| Dogmatix \| Others
Associated People	René Goscinny \| Albert Uderzo \| Anthea Bell \| Derek Hockridge \| Pierre Tchernia

{{#switch:book | b | books | book = | m | movie | movies | f | films | film = | g | games | game = | This is a list of Asterix games of all varieties (book, board and video). ... Asterix is a horizontal-scrolling beatem up arcade game released in 1992 by Konami. ... Asterix and the Magic Cauldron is a computer game for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers based on the popular French Asterix comic books. ... Asterix and the Great Rescue was released for Master System, Game Gear and Mega Drive/Genesis in 1995, by Sega. ... Asterix & Obelix XXL is an action adventure video game released in 2004. ... Asterix (French: AstÃ©rix) is a fictional character, created in 1959 as the hero of a series of French comic books (with the same title) by RenÃ© Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). ... Obelix Obelix (originally ObÃ©lix) is a character, a sidekick with superhuman strength in the Asterix comic books. ... Dogmatix is a fictional character, a tiny dog who belongs to Obelix in the Asterix comics. ... Mural painting in Brussels, Belgium, showing characters from the Asterix comics. ... RenÃ© Goscinny (August 14, 1926 â€“ November 5, 1977) Polish- French author, editor and humorist, who is best known for the comic strip AstÃ©rix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and the comic strip Lucky Luke. // Early life RenÃ© was born in Paris in 1926, to Stanislaw Simkha Goscinny... Albert Uderzo Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927 in France) is a French comic book artist, and scriptwriter. ... Anthea Bell is a well known translator who has translated numerous literary works from French, German and Polish to English. ... Derek Hockridge is the co-translator along with Anthea Bell of the world renowned Asterix comic books, written by Goscinny and illustrated by Uderzo. ... Pierre Tchernia was born Pierre Tcherniakowski on January 29, 1928 in Paris. ...

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	Asterix is less well known in the United States and Japan, which both have strong comic book traditions of their own.
	In the early album Asterix and the Goths, for instance, the Goths are represented as militaristic and regimented, reminiscent of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Germans.
	In Asterix in Belgium, the chieftain of Asterix's Belgian hosts gains inspiration for patates frites and mussels, Belgium's two most famous culinary ambassadors, from a vat of boiling oil prepared as a Roman weapon, and a damp wooden plank belonging to the pirates (potatoes, however, were unknown in Europe at the time).

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