The Parisii - Before Paris Was Paris

Part One of the History of Paris

Transcript:

Picture the Seine. Not the Seine you know today - no stone bridges, no grand boulevards, no Eiffel Tower piercing the sky. Go back further. Much further. To a time before Paris was Paris, before the very word “Paris” existed.

It’s the third century before the Common Era. The river flows through dense forests of oak and beech. Mist rises from t…