Characters
- Geriatrix (unnamed) - Obelix asks him to run his menhir delivery service while he is away. His feisty personality was not shown at this time, neither was the fact he is married.
- Ekonomikrisis - Provides transport to and from Rome
- Brutus - Featuring an amusingly ironic exchange with Julius Caesar at the circus.
- The Pirates - parodying French comic "Barbe-Rouge" which was also serialized in Pilote at the time.
- Obelix' helmet game - for the first time he collects helmets from the Romans he bashes, trying to outdo Asterix (who never has much interest in it).
- This is one of the only banquets that is held in the day.
- A noticeable mistake can be seen,when the Decurion who captured Cacofonix was first seen, he was wearing Bronze Armour. Later, he is seen wearing Steel Armour.
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