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Paris through the ages

Bon5942 From the Parisii to Paris-Plage

From the Gallic village of the Parisii to the metropolis of the 21st century, more than 2000 years of life and history have passed on the banks of the Seine. Follow the development, the transformation of a capital through the great dates of its history, go back to the origin of all the constructions, monuments, museums and urban works which have modelled the look of today’s Paris.

The city of Antiquity

3C BC: Settlement of the Gallic tribe of the Parisii on Ile de la Cité.

52 BC: Julius Caesar’s troops take the island.

1 and 2 AD: The Gallo-Roman city, become Lutetia, is built bit by bit. The Lutèce Arena and the Cluny Thermes are constructed.

280: Destruction of Lutetia by barbarian invasions.

360: Julian the Apostate is proclaimed Emperor of the Gauls. Lutetia is rebaptised Paris.

451: Saint Geneviève deflects Attila, King of the Huns, from taking the city, and becomes patron saint of Paris.

Also see
The city of Antiquity
Medieval Paris
From the Renaissance to the Sun King
The Age of Enlightenment to the Revolution
From one empire to another
The time of the wars and the World Exhibitions
At the dawn of a new millenium

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