When was asterix made

As Europe worked to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II, cartoon character Asterix —a plucky Gallic warrior whose superhuman strength enables him to outwit outlandishly incompetent Roman legions—emerged as a symbol of perseverance , assuring war-weary readers that the continent would continue to endure against all odds.

Son-in-law Bernard de Choisy told the French news agency that the illustrator died in his sleep at his home in Neuilly, a suburb of Paris, after experiencing several weeks of extreme exhaustion.

An instant sensation, he became an icon of French culture, taking center stage in dozens of comic books, live-action and animated films, and a Paris theme park, among other spin-offs. Although they are originally written and published in French their extreme popularity has resulted in the books being released in a wide range of languages.

The series focuses around the adventures of the Gaulish warrior Asterix and his friend Obelix. The Adventures of Asterix is set in 50 BC, in a fictional village in northwest Armorica a region of ancient Gaul mostly identical to modern Brittany.

The village is surrounded by the ocean on the northern and western sides, and is ringed by a high wooden gate.

The other sides of the village are on the edge of a thick forest, within which there are contains four Roman garrisons which are intented to keep an eye on the village.

In fact, among the various similarities common to the village of the Gauls and Numantia, there are also the various Roman settlements that surrounded them. General Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus, hero of Carthage, used this stratagem to deliver the coup de grace to the mighty Celtiberians: by uniting the encampments with a double belt of fortifications, he cut off all supply routes to the city, which was reduced to starvation within a year. Deprived of any sustenance or external help, Numantia fell in BC, after 20 years of heroic resistance.

Many surviving warriors preferred death to slavery, and according to the legend they even set fire to the city before the final defeat. This brings to an end one of the most extraordinary stories of resistance in the history of Europe, but the deeds of the Numantians will resonate for centuries in the streets of the Roman empire, reaching to the present day.

Even though various documents and books tell of this amazing tale including El cerco de Numancia by Miguel de Cervantes, , and the Spanish comics series El Jabato , there is no official evidence linking the idea of Goscinny and Uderzo to the history of the Iberian town. Nevertheless, it is clear that Asterix and the Gauls share with the Numantians an immense love for freedom, a love capable of uniting oppressed people and giving them unimaginable strength, just as the most powerful of magic potions.

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Background: «We are in 50 BC. All Gaul is occupied by the Romans. Because a village populated by irreducible Gauls still resists the invader. And life is not easy for the garrisons of Roman legionaries of the entrenched camps of Babaorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Petibonum