Asterix and the Cauldron (French: Asterix et le chaudron) is the thirteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was first serialized in Pilote issues 469-491 in 1968 and translated into English in 1976 Whosemoralsarelastix, the chief of a neighboring Gaulish village, is a mean and greedy man who often does business with the Romans. When the Romans instigate new taxes, Whosemoralsarelastix asks the people of Asterix's village to safeguard a cauldron full of money, his village's treasures.