Revealedix: the Gaul of Asterix was no joke By Justin Stares in Brussels, Sunday Telegraph> Last Updated: 12:17am BST 02/09/2007 Fighting with his bare fists, and massively outnumbered, France's cockiest Gaul, Asterix, led a brave rebellion against the Roman occupier. Not only was his little village encircled by Julius Cæsar's troops, it was up against an expanding empire - unequalled in the art of warfare and determined to civilise a backward people who worshipped druids and believed in magic potions. Or so it was thought until now. But a discovery in central France has led to a significant reassessment of...