Asterix (French: Astérix le Gaulois [aste?iks l? ?olwa], "Asterix the Gaul") is a French comic album series. The series follows the adventures of a village of Gauls as they resist Roman occupation in 50 BC. As of 20 April 2022, 385 million copies of Asterix books had been sold worldwide and translated in 111 languages. Asterix is one of the most popular Franco-Belgian comics in the world.