Asterix is in a weird place. It's fiction but it gets enough core stuff right that I learnt a shitload of history from it.

>Although the series uses the phrase "our Gallic ancestors," its creators are not of French origin: René Goscinny was a Jew of Polish origin who grew up most of his childhood in Argentina, while Albert Oderzo is of Italian origin.
>Some argue that Goscinny's Judaism even influenced the writing of the book, and that the small village that rebels against the Romans is nothing more than a representation of the Kingdom of Judah during the Bar Kochba revolt.
>Asterix (Aster in Latin means star) is Bar Kochba (Kokhav in Hebrew means star) himself, Ashpix is Rabbi Akiva, Bar Kochba's spiritual advisor, and the miraculous potion is an allegory for the Torah that gives the Jews their strength.[5]