Episode list

At the end of a new time journey, our heroes dock in the port of the island of Salamis to refuel. Our companions get to know CRATINOS, a tragic author. But during the theatrical and musical festivities in Athens, conspirators prepare a Persian invasion. The traitors were wealthy citizens of Athens, disappointed because democracy had confiscated their blood privileges. Sedik then had an idea. What if they took advantage of the theatrical competition to denounce the traitors and make the citizens of Athens understand that they must unite and resist to save their freedom? The concocted play is a comedy, Prince Hamoura, whose main character is a donkey. Hamoura (proud to show his advantage for the beautiful eyes of Pamphyla) symbolizes a rich lord of Athens capitulating to the invader. Séfrou made it clear to Sédik during their adventure: It is often through laughter that we make people think more precisely.

In the time of Hannon, the Grand Admiral who first explored Africa, our companions learn that the men of HANNON have been attacked by swift demons, captured and are forced to exploit a gold deposit on the edge of a river in Africa. But who are the mysterious individuals commanding the "furry demons"? The masters of the gorillas are the descendants of Phoenician sailors who made the trip around Africa, under the reign of pharaoh Nechao II, a century and a half before that of Hannon. Following a shipwreck, abandoned by their own, they plunged into the land and founded a new "kingdom", patiently training the gorillas so that the ferocious beasts obey them. The descendants vowed a fierce hatred for humanity which forgot them. The gold fever, the humid atmosphere of the place, the seclusion, made them half mad.

A stopover in a cove on the Italian coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea ends with the captivity of the entire crew following the surprise attack by a band of mercenaries in the pay of a school of gladiators in Capua. Our heroes then experience the harsh reality of slave life. If Sedik and Gadda serve as servants for Donatius, the master of the Ludus Gladiatorius, Cid and Kothar join the ranks of the other slaves promised at the stadium games. Our friends befriend SPARTACUS, a young Thracian slave, former deserter from the Roman army. Episode 11: The Shipwrecked of the Alps Following a hectic landing, the Carthago finds itself at the foot of the Alps. What connection can this place have with the history of the Mediterranean and how to find the Carthago? Séfrou teaches Sédik that the solution to the dilemma lies with a man called HANNIBAL who holds the secret of a "citadel". He leads an army of several thousand men with around forty elephants. But what is this citadel and where to find Hannibal?

At the time, there was already a strong economic rivalry between Carthage and the Romans - a fierce commercial struggle where all the blows were good: industrial espionage before the letter, sabotage, etc. Magon, a horticultural expert, inspects a suspicious vessel in the port of Carthage and finds that the shipment of olive trees is suffering from a terrible disease that spreads quickly on healthy trees. If these plans are landed in Carthage, olive trees from all around will be infected and destroyed. It is indeed a form of sabotage.

Massilia (MARSEILLE in the year -390 BC). Xantippe is preparing his daughter's wedding. Saia fled on a whim, and tried to drown because her father wants to marry her to Cloride, a Celtic she barely knows and hates. Xantippe, this very rich man who controls all the fishermen and also owns the oil and spice shops, is the biggest trader in the city. To keep his wealth he imagined this marriage to ally himself with the Celts who have just invaded the city and have a formidable army. Saia, Xiantippe's daughter is in love with Berix.