08.07. City Parisii Bashny.Net

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We can not say, Shaw is still the date of foundation of Lutetia, because it established at least two centuries before the Celtic tribe Parisii, however, as is often the case, since there is no official mention earlier - is taken first. And then, whether Caesar himself testified understand. Well, besieged, in fact, and witnessed. More precisely, the besieged did not personally, but through his legate Titus Labienus, but it already details. Question siege and capture quite muddy - whether captured legions of the city, whether Celts burned bridges and the city bothering, but what can fight the Celts pretty - it's a fact. How often the Romans vodilos, collapsed during the war, they have built up, but on the way soi: otgrohali stone roads, villas, the 16-kilometer aqueduct, three baths, an amphitheater and the forum basilica. In the III century, the city has enjoyed Alemany and several times they came to knock at the gate. Residents scratched turnip but moved to the left bank of the Seine on a protected island of Cite. At the same time Lutetia was called the "city of the Parisii" (lat. Civitas Parisiorum), and later Pariziumom (lat. Parisium). And it's true, the previous, a derivative of the Latin lutum - «dirt" - it was not very kosher.
In the 5th century Clovis now francs still get through. Oh, and then someone just not dostukivalsya ... The Normans in the IX century, the English during the Hundred Years War, Russian with the Prussians in 1814, the Germans during the Second World ... But he still remained the capital of the World. Why? Well, who really knows. The explanation is probably impossible, and no special meaning, you can only feel and enjoy. In the end, no one do not come in the head to explain why, for example, like the music of Mozart. You can try to decompose and mathematically prove the "necessary" sequence of notes, but it sho, really need?