In Asterix
the Gladiator the Centurion in charge of Compendium is
Gracchus Armisurplus. In Asterix and the Banquet, which follows
immediately on from Gladitaor, the Centurion in charge is
called Lotuseatas. These two look exactly the same. It would
seem strange to have two different Centurions one after the
other who look exactly the same! The Offiicial Asterix Site
has confirmed that this is the same person in both books.
"Lotuseatus"
Possible Explanation: The books were
not translated and published in English in order, but all
over the place. So Asterix the Gladiator was published in
English in 1969 while Asterix and the Banquet wasn't published
until ten years later. This meant they weren't translated
one after another so Gladiator would not have been used as
a reference.
The Sick Bay seems to have moved and changed
colours from page 5 to page 7. GPC adds: "Not
only that but the 'roof' end changes from triangular to rounded
shape!"
Misprint
The 2004
re-edition of Asterix and the Banquet has a rather confusing
misprint.
Compare the text from original Asterix and
the Banquet...
with this new panel...
Historical
Inaccuracies
Asterix is shown here pealing potatoes on
page 6. Potatoes were introduced to europe in the 16th Century
from South America. They can't possibly have been in Ancient
Gaul at the time. This is a major faux pas of the authors
as Potatoes have appeared in other Asterix books too.
If you know of
any more mistakes in Asterix and the Banquet, please contact
me.
