Paris France Research Paper

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France, the country known for its art, love, and food. France has a broad history filled with war and peace. Since France is such a big country with much history, this essay will mainly focus on one city. The city is known as The City of Lights. If you cannot tell already, this essay will be about Paris, France.
Paris is an ancient city founded in the 3rd century (300 BC to 201 BC) by the Parisii, a Celtic Gaul Tribe. Nothing much went on after the Parisii settled Paris until the Battle of Lutetia in 52 BC. The Romans and Gauls fought with one another in this battle. The Romans were the victors, and they established a city, called Lutetia, that stretched from the Île de la Cité to the left bank of the river Seine. After the establishment, under

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