Parisii

Japanese: Parisii
Parisii

...Also, the Eurotunnel, which opened in 1994, shortened the travel time from Paris to London to about three hours. [Yutaka Tanabe]
〔history〕

[Ancient times]
It is believed that there were settlers in the Paris Basin for about 2,000 years before the Roman conquest of Gaul, but the first people to settle on what is now the Ile de la Cité on the Seine were the Celtic Parisii. About half a century before Caesar's conquest of Gaul, they minted magnificent gold coins, which could be considered works of art, and traded them along the Seine.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Parisii" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,1994年開通のユーロトンネルにより,パリ~ロンドンは約3時間で結ばれることになった。【田辺 裕】
〔歴史〕

【古代】
 パリ盆地には,ローマ人のガリア征服により約2000年も前から定住者がいたと推定されるが,最初にセーヌ川の現在のシテ島に住みついたのは,ケルト系のパリシイ族Parisiiであった。彼らは,カエサルのガリア征服の半世紀ほど前には,工芸品ともいえるみごとな金貨を鋳造し,セーヌ川によって交易していたとされる。…

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出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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