Really top notch adventure which benefits greatly by not having the Gauls over-use magic potion to get out of satire. Vitalstatistix,showing off to his brother in law, drunkenly promises to make a soup featuring Caesar's laurel wreath. It's a clever unusual set up and sets Asterix and Obelix off on one of their funniest adventures, getting themselves sold as slaves, then convicted as traitors, so they can get the wreaths. The slave markets are hilarious (dancing girls, egotistical Greeks), as is the Roman household they get sold to (orgies at the drop of a hat - this is quite an adult tale) and the circus. And the ending is very satisfying.
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