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The ancient Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix (''c.'' 82 BC–46 BC) has appeared many times in works of popular culture. * Vercingetorix appears in the ''Asterix'' series of comics,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New York Times, TV WEEKEND; Caesar Rendered for the Small Screen, June 27, 2003 )〕 notably in ''Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield'' and ''Asterix the Gaul''. He is seen at his surrender to Caesar, aloofly throwing his arms on (rather than at) Caesar's feet causing him to hobble, rather than walk, to his next conquest. Conversely, when Caesar himself relates the story of Vercingetorix's surrender to some of his minions, the Gallic chieftain is depicted as worn out and eager to give up. * Vercingetorix rose to prominence as a French nationalist hero during the 19th century, especially due to the efforts of Napoleon III and several "Celtomaniac" historians such as François Guizot and Augustin Thierry. His image was celebrated in numerous monumental bronze statues, paintings, works of literature, and school textbooks.〔Dietler, M., "Our ancestors the Gauls": archaeology, ethnic nationalism, and the manipulation of Celtic identity in modern Europe, ''American Anthropologist'', 1994, 96: 584–605. Dietler, M., A tale of three sites: the monumentalization of Celtic oppida and the politics of collective memory and identity, ''World Archaeology'', 1998, 30: 72–89.〕 * Vercingetorix appears in the third yearbook of the Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' comics, a short story titled "My Dinner with Serpentor" dealing with his surrender due to the origins of pizza. * Vercingetorix appears in the ''Alix'' comics series, notably in the album entitled ''Vercingetorix''. * Vercingetorix is one of the Great Generals appearing in ''Civilization IV''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Epoch Times, Before France Was France, Aug 22, 2008 )〕 as well as ''Civilization V''. * A 2001 French film, ''Vercingétorix'', also known as ''Vercingétorix: la légende du druide roi'' ("Vercingetorix: the legend of the druid king"), released as ''Druids'' in English,〔()〕 was directed by Jacques Dorfmann and co-written by Dorfmann and Norman Spinrad, starring Christopher Lambert in the title role. It was neither a critical nor a box-office success, but did far better in Europe than the United States of America. Spinrad went on to write a novel, ''The Druid King'', released in 2003. * In the French version of ''The Adventures of Tintin'' comic ''Explorers on the Moon'', Captain Haddock calls Thomson and Thompson, "Espèces de Vercingétorix de Carnaval!" (Carnival Vercingetorix). * Johnny Rico mentions a smaller troop transport (those named for "foot sloggers", as he puts it) christened ''Vercingetorix'' in Robert A. Heinlein's ''Starship Troopers''. * Vercingetorix appeared in the 2002 TNT television miniseries ''Julius Caesar'', played by Heino Ferch.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dallas Morning News, TNT presents first-class Roman epic in ''Caesar'', June 29, 2003 )〕 * Vercingetorix's campaign against Caesar is the subject of Morgan Llywelyn's 1992 novel ''Druids''. * The "King of all the Gauls" appears in the 2005 HBO/BBC series ''Rome'', played by Giovanni Calcagno. He is in the episodes "The Stolen Eagle" and "Triumph".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New York Times, TELEVISION; HBO's Roman Holiday, August 21, 2005 )〕 * Vercingetorix appears as an enemy character in the computer games ''Praetorians'' and ''Age of Empires''.〔 * Vercingatorix appears as a named Legendary net-type gladiator in the Freyr Games mobile app Call of Arena. * Vercingetorix is the name of a minor character in the manga series ''Air Gear'' by Oh! great. * In ''62: A Model Kit'', a novel by Julio Cortázar, a lead character sculpts a statue of Vercingetorix holding under his arm, as the character describes it, "his own decapitated head enlarged by history, changed into two thousand years of schoolboy compositions and the pretext for hollow speeches..." * Vercingetorix appears as a French warrior in the ''Anachronism'' card game. * Vercingetorix appears in the novel ''Emperor: The Field of Swords – a Novel of Julius Caesar'', by Conn Iggulden. * Vercingetorix appears in the novel * Vercingetorix appears in the 1968 play ''Caesar at the Rubicon'' by Theodore H. White. * In ''The Simpsons'' episode LABF01 ("Take My Life, Please") Mr. Burns sarcastically remarks that Homer Simpson has "...the noble bearing of the barbarian leader Vercingetorix" * Vercingetorix is last of The Undying to be fought on Gran Pulse in ''Final Fantasy XIII''. * In the 2nd Season of ''Robot Wars'', a contesting robot was named Vercingetorix. In Robot Wars Extreme, they changed the name to Comengetorix, a pun on the original name. * The song ''Kingdom Come Undone'' by Eluveitie mentions Vercingetorix and the battle of Alesia. * Vercingetorix〔http://www.vxvineyard.com/about_ourName.html〕 -or- VX is a vineyard just outside Newberg, Oregon. * Vercingetorix is referenced several times in Katharine Kerr's "Deverry" novels, both by his own name and as "Gwercongetoryc" in the 'Deverrian dialect.' * Vercingetorix was portrayed by Mathew Baynton in a sketch on the popular BBC children's comedy program Horrible Histories, showing the Gaulish sentries' retreat in the rain at the siege of Avaricum.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=YouTube )〕 * The village of Alise-Sainte-Reine holds a yearly festival celebrating Vercingetorix. * The anime Code Geass: Akito the Exiled has a Knightmare Frame named Vercingetorix piloted by Shin Hyuga Shaing. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vercingetorix in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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