Alix Lefief Delcourt

Alix, or The Adventures of Alix, is a popular Franco-Belgian comics series drawn in the ligne claire style by one its masters, Jacques Martin. The stories revolve around a young Gallo-Roman man named Alix in the late Roman Republic. Although the series is renowned for its historical accuracy and stunning set detail, the hero has been known to wander into anachronistic situations up to two centuries out of his era. The stories unfold throughout the reaches of the Roman world, including the city of Rome, Gaul, the German frontier, Mesopotamia, Africa and Asia Minor. One voyage goes as far as China.

Al llegar a la antigua ciudad de Khorsabad con la esperanza de encontrar a sus familiares desaparecidos, Alix se rencuentra con Surena, el general parto que le dio la libertad, subyugado por el coraje del joven romano. Alix conoce también al rey Herodes, que le entrega dos magníficas vasijas, para que se las ofrezca a Julio César y le transmita un mensaje…