Obelix is in love - but the beautiful Panacea is engaged to Tragicomix a conscript in the Roman army. Who d have expected to see Asterix in a legionary s uniform? When he and Obelix join up to rescue Tragicomix from North Africa Centurions Nefarius Purpus and Dubuis Status don t know what s hit them. But the Gauls and their fellow recruits have a smashing trip abroad.