Asterix and the Griffin (French:
Astérix et le Griffon) is the 39th book in the
Asterix series, and the fifth to be written by
Jean-Yves Ferri and illustrated by
Didier Conrad.
[1] The book was released worldwide in more than 20 languages on
21 October 2021 with an initial print run of over 5 million copies.
In Rome, the geographer Cartographus informs
Julius Caesar of the reported existence of the griffin, a beast that is half-eagle and half-lion with horse's ears, located in
Sarmatian territory in the remote eastern lands of Barbaricum. The Romans have captured a Sarmatian Amazon woman,
Kalashnikova, who cautions against attempting to capture the griffin. Her warning is deliberately misinterpreted by Cartographus and goes unheeded. Caesar deploys an expedition of Roman soldiers to locate and capture the griffin, which he intends to display at the circus in Rome in an effort to boost his popularity.
Notice that the axe is stuck in the ground on the east side.
I overlaid the map below, although I didn't need to, since the French version of wikipedia has a picture of the Sarmatian lands.
fr.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org