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Astérix, A French comic book series, tells the story of the last standing Gaulish village during Julius Caesar occupation during the Gallic Wars in the 1st century BC. Contrary to the information given in Caesar’s historic work, Commentarii de Bello Gallico (BG),where the Romans are presented as cultured and the Gauls presented as barbarians,Astérix does not adopt this approach, au contraire. In the comic book series, there is narratological reversal and the usage of parody is the main device aiding this reversal.This paper reviews the characteristics of both groups, Gauls and Romans, in BG and in the comics. The comics apply the barbarian behavior to the Romans, who become the“other” in the Gaulish story, and de barbarize the Gauls. Focus will be given to book no.17, “Astérix: The Mansion of the Gods” (1971), and its 2014 film adaption of the same name. Mansion of the Gods best demonstrates the differences between the groups and both the ancient and modern approaches to these groups and their characteristics .Firstly, this paper looks into the comics adaption of the historic essay and how parody is used in this regard. Secondly, it looks into the comic-to-cinema adaption, two medias who share many parallels, and the parodic changes caused by this adaption