Parisii (Gaul)

:"This article is about the Parisii of Gaul. For the Parisii in the north-east of Britain, and its possible links to this tribe, see Parisii (Britain). For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation)."

The Parisii (or "Quarisii") [cite book |title= Les premiers habitants de l'Europe at 133|last= Arbois deJubainville|first= Henry|coauthors= Georges Dottin|year= 1889|publisher= E. Thorin|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=QSIDAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA132&lpg=RA1-PA132&dq=quarisii&source=web&ots=wLcrNZxpYd&sig=gN0tGAFAJ6Vgu79BXAZq83KefXY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result#PRA1-PA132,M1] were a Celtic Iron Age people that lived on the banks of the river Seine (in Latin, Sequana) in Gaul from the middle of the third century BC until the Roman era. With the Suessiones, the Parisii participated in the general rising of Vercingetorix against Julius Caesar in 52 BC.

Their chief city (oppidum) was on the site of Lutetia Parisiorum, which later became an important city in the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis and ultimately the modern city of Paris. (The name "Paris" is derived from "Parisii").

Barry Cunliffe in "Iron Age Communities in Britain" (1974) p. 45, distinguishes the "Parisii" as those in the Nanterre-Paris region, and the "Parisi" as those who moved to Britain, based on Ptolemy's descriptions.

References

ee also

* List of peoples of Gaul

External links

* [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sroots/parish.htm The Origins of the Family Names of Paris, Parish, Parrish, Pary, Parys, Etc.]