Parisii+People

The Parisii people were first mentioned in the Commentaries of Julius Caesar who established in a district on the Seine in the town called Lutetia. The city of Lutetia would later be named Paris in 360 A.D under Roman Emperor Julian, who named it Civitas Parisiorum “The city of the Parisii” in honor of the city's original founders, the Celtic Parisii. This was where the Parisii settled. They brought their religion and secret rites of the Goddess from the East, and where they had built a temple of Isis.

The Celtic Parisii eventually were strong allies of Rome since the time of Augustus Caesar. They had special privileges under the Roman Law and considered Augustus to be a type of savior for their people. A title that they still feel honored by to this very day in our time. There making the motto known in Paris, “Only Paris is worthy of Rome; only Rome is worthy of Paris.”

The Parisii people are a big part of Paris and I think it is very important for everyone to learn about them before going to where they originated from so you can have a background knowledge on how big they impacted this city.