The Roman City Under Paris

Lutetia, Roman Paris, has almost vanished. But if you know where to look, the ruins are hidden in plain sight.
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[@frankie137137]

Dr Ryan is always so poetic

[@bastiennietveld7128]

Nice video. One small correction : the Panthéon in Paris is not modeled after the Roman one and isn't build over the tombe of Ste Geneviève. Her tomb was in the former St Peters church behind the Panthéon .

[@silverado9104]

The overcast and the muddled tones fit the obscurity of these meager Roman survivals in The City of Light, La Ville de la Lumiere.

[@larsrons7937]

Thank you for this tour of remnants of ancient Lutetia.

[@Blackadder75]

All I know about Lutetia is from Asterix the Gaul comic books

[@jens-kristiantofthansen9376]

To be fair, that may be most of what we need to know. ;)

[@rusticitas]

I loved those books, especially the humor of the UK English versions (for some reason the US English ones, even as an American myself, “dumbed” down some of the quips). The character names were fantastic! Getafix, Impedimentia! 🤣

[@Blackadder75]

@@rusticitas the writer of the books Rene Goscinny was a great humorist and the French originals have been translated very well in a lot of languages, but some better than others. I can imagine that a British translator would know more about the local jokes compared to an American one

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

Sainte Geneviève is the patron saint of Paris in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. In 451 she led a "prayer marathon" said to have saved Paris, diverting Attila's Huns away from the city.

[@jvdduyn]

Thanks for the great content!

[@darthur954]

Another gem. Thank you!

[@richardglady3009]

Thank you for taking us places (time and space) we would not be able to visit otherwise.

[@notburgasinger6316]

We have been there two days ago, it was very impressive. And then the next morning we visited the arena, it was indeed a wonderful remarkable place, so peaceful and tranquil....Paris invites you to discover its hidden treasures. Thanks a lot for the video

[@RickLowrance]

Great video. Thanks for posting.

[@diannewheatleygiliotti8513]

Thanks!

[@scenicroutestothepast]

Deeply appreciated!

[@guyfaux5010]

Looks like I'm going to travel to Paris again.

[@serviustullus7204]

Told in stone. Good work.

[@stephanieyee9784]

I'm going to make a note of these Roman relics and visit the next time I travel to Europe. Thanks for this information.

[@christopheklinger3217]

Parc archéologique de Blisbruck-Reinheim, sits on the French German border, not far from Saarbrücken, Roman infrastructure and Celtic tombs at the same site, a must to visit, in summer time. There is more interesting things here to be seen than in Paris, roman wise.

[@qboxer]

I really do enjoy these types of videos. I am certain that many European cities could benefit from your gaze!

[@stevenc123]

👁👁

[@lulubelle0bresil]

I am fascinated by the Pillar of the Boatmen found in Paris, mixing Roman and Gaul deities - I often wonder if what Cesar descibes wasn't actually Nanterre, as proposed by some archaeologists. It's not far from downtown Paris, (actually a bend in the river that makes an almost-island, right before Paris if you're sailing from the coast) and all the wonderful Gaulish material that was found there in recent excavations.

[@foowashere]

Lovely narration! Thanks for making and sharing. 👍

[@margo3367]

The Romans were everywhere. What a great civilization.

[@fablb9006]

No, they did not went everywhere. They did not went in the northern half of Europe. The Rhine and the Danube was their northern limit. France (Gaul at that time) is one of the European countries that speak a latin-based language. It is expected that it is among the most romanized areas.

[@PINE1berry]

I very much enjoyed visiting the Place Vendome in 2018.

[@psel2501]

Very interesting

[@heroedeleyenda05]

great video! thanks!

[@stepps511]

This isw onderful! Thanks for the great content!

[@markgrunzweig6377]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@patavinity1262]

Surprised you missed the surviving section of the Roman wall.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

It's under barbarian rule i presume

[@BK-qp4uq]

I walked in this ancient theatre. A masterpiece of conseration. Not just old stones (dont touch!). A place to live. Kids playing football, students sitting on the stairs and reading, man playing boule. And surrouded by big old trees. IMHO the most impressive place in paris - and 99% tourists free. From the streets you will not see it, if you dont know.

[@geraldcapon392]

Thank you very well done, liked and subscribed. You should have done some inside shots of the frigidarium of the thermes de Cluny it is really impressive. There is also the remains of a theatre in a another park opposite the amphitheatre, although much less extant it is still impressive. In the older houses in the streets leading down to place Jussieu from les arénes de Lutèce, there are a lot of recuperated stone used for the facades, some with latin inscriptions. The amphitheatre is of a type found elsewhere in Northern Gaulle, like the similarly sized extant amphitheatre at Lillebonne in Normandy. Both having two large gates that make it seem that they were used for processions. Finally in the Paris area there the remains of a substantial 'chunky' aqueduct at Arcueil just South of Paris, with lots of extant subterranean sections nearby.

[@OfficialFire]

fascinating

[@ernshaw78]

I do find it a shame that there are not fully complete roman baths from reconstruction or any fully reconstructed city.

[@rustinrogers]

Saint Genevieve's tomb is in the church of Saint Etienne du Mont, NOT the Panthéon.

[@paulkoza8652]

Was there ever an arena here?

[@yrokelyod3471]

And now I know how Paris got its name.

[@Perparim-gp1ef]

Is roman origin sem trabel from ilirian

[@generalputnam2990]

By all means, grab a take-out lunch from a charcuterie, boulangerie & a fruit stall as you head up the hill to Arène de Lutece. Best place in Paris for a quiet, shady al fresco as you watch the kids play boules.

[@R.J._Lewis]

Pretty sure the ToldInStone guy ripped you off. His tone and cadence is just like yours, ans he even talks about history stuff too! You should probably sue him for all his tenured worth.

[@scenicroutestothepast]

He wishes he were tenured...

[@choochaithaohoom1375]

You should see a speech therapist...

[@TreeOfWisdom2]

first!