| abstract | - Ignoramus seems capable of setting this pathetic situation straight (Albert Uderzo managed to render him perfectly terrifying, with plenty of low-angle views) but when presented along with his brand new legion of Roman soldiers as a birthday gift to a deliriously happy Obelix, our hero quickly gives up any dreams of glory. In fact, Ignoramus stands for the Roman power of the olden days, a brash and domineering legionnaire, filled with a warrior’s wisdom, which makes him the perfect counterpart for Caius Preposterus, who makes a last-ditch effort, in the same album, to conquer our indomitable heroes by using economics and everyday marketing ruses. Really, there’s no one quite like Asterix to illustrate the conflict between the old-fashioned and the modern
- Not to be confused with Ignoranus (Ignorant A-hole)
- After the lawyer Ignoramus, the titular character in the 1615 play by Georges Ruggle; from [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Ignoramus]] ignōrāmus (“‘we do not know’”).
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