The Parisii (or Quarisii) 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 B.C. until the Roman era. The word Celtic can refer to: the European Celtic people, ancient or modern the Celtic languages, spoken by these people and their modern descendents the Celtic (Lusitania), Celts from the Alentejo. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... This article is about the river in France. ... In Celtic and Roman mythology, Sequanna (or Sequana) was the goddess of the river Seine and its environs. ... Gaul (from Latin Gallia, c. ...

Their chief city (oppidum) was 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). To the Romans, an oppidum was the main settlement in any administrative area. ... Lutetia (sometimes Lutetia Parisiorum or Lucotecia, in French Lutèce) was a town in pre-Roman and Roman Gaul. ... Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis, 120 AD Gallia Lugdunensis was a province of the Roman Empire roughly encompassing the regions of Brittany, Normandy and the area around Lutetia Parisiorum (Paris) in what is now the modern country of France. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

With the Suessiones, the Parisii participated in the general rising of Vercingetorix against Julius Caesar in 52 B.C. Following their defeat some may at this time have fled to Britain although it is more likely that Parisii had already colonised part of the island before this time and preceding the waves of Belgic immigration. Vercingetorix (72 BC - 46 BC), chieftain of the Arverni, led the great Gallic revolt against the Romans in 53-52 BC. His name in Gaulish means over-king (ver-rix) of warriors (cingetos). ... Gaius Julius Caesar (Latin: IMP·C·IVLIVS·CAESAR·DIVVS¹) (b. ... The first recorded mention of Belgae, part of the mix that make up modern Belgians, was in the year 58 B.C.; Gaius Julius Caesar, departing from the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis (now Provence), decided to conquer the rest of the Gauls. ...

The Romano-British Parisii tribe of East Yorkshire and Humberside in Britain is traditionally seen as being comprised of emigrants from the tribe of the same name based in Gaul. The burial processes of the Gaulish and British tribes differ slightly but the Iron Age Arras Culture which settled around East Yorkshire in the early La Tene period shows distinctive continental influence. Barry Cunliffe states that the Arras Culture, which is associated with the Parisii demonstrates economic and social continuity from the 5th century BC onwards however and the view that the East Yorkshire Parisii were a colony of the Gaulish Parisii is may be a simplistic one. East Yorkshire Holderness Kingston upon Hull Beverley Boothferry Scunthorpe Glanford Great Grimsby Cleethorpes Humberside was an administrative county of England from 1974 until April 1, 1996. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... The Arras culture is a name given by archaeologists to an Iron Age culture from what is today eastern Yorkshire. ... This article or section should be merged with La Tene culture La Tène is a village near the Neuenburger See, also called Lac du Neuchâtel, a lake in Switzerland. ... Barrington Windsor Cunliffe (born 1939) has been Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford since 1972. ...

Burials involving placing the deceased in a wheeled vehicle beneath square barrows are found in both the Marne region of France and in the British Parisii homeland which was considered proof of a genetic link. An alternative explanation to a folk movement however is that the British Arras culture was an attempt by some of the native Britons attempt to ape continental society. It may be that the upper echelons of British society were trying to distinguish themselves by copying foreign ways. The vehicle burial aspect of the culture developed in Britain in the third and second centuries BC which suggests that it was adopted independently and prior to the historic defeat of Vercingetorix. Alternatively the practice may have been forgotten and then re-introduced by an immigrant group. Alternate meanings of barrow: see Barrow_in_Furness for the town of Barrow in Cumbria, England; also Barrow, Alaska in the U.S.; also River Barrow in Ireland. ... Marne is a region in France. ...

Either way, it is clear from the archaeological record that the two Parisii groups had a close affinity

There is some speculation by genealogists that the modern surnames Paris, Parrish, O'Parish, etc. have origins in the Parisii. [1].

See also

• List of peoples of Gaul

List of peoples of Gaul (with their capitals): Aedui - Bibracte Allobroges - Vienne Ambiani - Amiens Andecavi - Angers Aquitani - Bordeaux Atrebates - Arras Arverni - Gergovia Baiocasses - Bayeux Boi - Bologna Bellovaci - Beauvais Bituriges - Bourges Carnutes - Chartres Catalauni - Chalons Cenomanes - Brescia Coriosilitae - Corseul Insubres - Milan Lexovii - Lisieux Mediomatrici - Metz Medulii - Medoc Menapii - Cassel Morinii - Boulogne...

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1. The Origins of the Family Names of Paris, Parish, Parrish, Pary, Parys, Etc.