Asterix the Gladiator (French: Asterix gladiateur) is the fourth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was first serialized in Pilote issues 126-168 in 1962. Prefect Odius Asparagus wants one of the indomitable Gauls as a present for Julius Caesar, so his men capture