Paris

Paris’ history

Brief history of Paris summarized A brief review of the history of Paris, the capital of France, in a summarized way. Ancient and medieval Paris The city of Paris began in the 3rd century BC when a Celtic tribe called the Parisii built a fortified settlement on the Île de la Cité. The Romans conquered Parisii in 52 AD and built a city on the Seine River. The Romans called Paris Lutetia. However, Roman Paris was not a particularly large or important city. It had a population of no more than 10,000 inhabitants. At the end of the 3rd century,…