Hardcover $ 12.95
ISBN 0-75286-610-9

Orion
2004, 48 pages.

Back Menhir: "Prefect Odius Asparagus wants one of the indomitable Gauls as a present for Julius Caesar, so his men capture Cacofonix the bard. By the time the other Gauls notice how quiet and peaceful the village is, he is on his way to Rome. But Asterix and Obelix are hot on his heels, taking ship with Ekonomikrisis the Phoenican merchant . . .

Highly unimpressed by his present, Caesar decides to throw the bard to the lions. Asterix and Obelix enlist as gladiators in order to rescue him, and in the course of their training, teach their new colleagues some interesting tricks. The next Games in the Circus Maximus turn out to be the most unusual yet . . ."