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| Paris (i.e., the one in Europe) was a Roman town long before it was ever French. Of course, it was Celtic before it was Roman. |
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| The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Tennessee . . . a gift from the city of Memphis. |
Ancient Lutetia
Sample Latin Text:
Caesar on the conquest of Lutetia (modern Paris), a town in the territory of a Celtic tribe known as the Parisii.
Dum haec apud Caesarem geruntur, Labienus eo supplemento, quod nuper ex Italia venerat, relicto Agedinci, ut esset impedimentis praesidio, cum quattuor legionibus Lutetiam proficiscitur. Id est oppidum Parisiorum, quod positum est in insula fluminis Sequanae. Cuius adventu ab hostibus cognito, magnae ex finitimis civitatibus copiae convenerunt.
Loeb Translation:
"While this was happening with Caesar, Labienus had left the draft of recruits newly arrived from Italy at Agedincum to guard the baggage, and with four legions started for Lutetia, a town of the Parisii, situated on an island in the river Seine. When the enemy had news of his coming, a large force assembled from the neighboring states."
