🏛️ Lutetia-Augustomagus
Roman settlement remains in central Paris
📌 Fast Facts
- Located beneath modern Paris, in the Latin Quarter
- Occupied from the 1st to 3rd century CE
- Named settlement of the Parisii Celtic tribe, later Romanized
- Archaeological remains accessible via the Musée de Cluny and underground excavations
Lutetia-Augustomagus was a Roman settlement established on the site of the Celtic oppidum of the Parisii tribe. The name reflects the hybrid Gallo-Roman character of the settlement: Lutetia, the Celtic name, combined with Augustomagus, Latin for "market of Augustus." The site occupies the central islands and left bank of the Seine in present-day Paris, reaching its peak as an administrative and commercial center during the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE before decline accelerated following Germanic ...