Parisii (other)
Parisii may refer to two ancient Iron Age tribes: *Parisii (Gaul) *Parisii (Yorkshire) See also *Belgae The Belgae () were a large confederation of tribes living in northern Gaul, between the English Channel, the west bank of the Rhine, and the northern bank of the river Seine, from at least the third century BC. They were discussed in depth by Ju ...

Parisii (Gaul)
The Parisii (Gaulish: ''Parisioi'') were a Gallic tribe that dwelt on the banks of the river Seine during the Iron Age and the Roman era. They lived on lands now occupied by the modern city of Paris, whose name is derived from the ethnonym. Name They are mentioned as ''Parisii'' by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC), ''Parísioi'' (Παρίσιοι; var. Παρήσιοι) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD) and Ptolemy (2nd c. AD), ''Parisi'' by Pliny (mid-1st c. AD), and as ''Parisius'' and ''Parisios'' in the ''Notitia Dignitatum'' (5th c. AD)., s.v. ''Parisii'' and ''Lutetia''. Another tribe named Parisii is also documented in Britain. The ethnic name ''Parisii'' is a latinized form of Gaulish ''Parisioi'' (sing. ''Parisios''). Its meaning has been debated. According to Xavier Delamarre, it may derive from the stem ''pario-'' ('cauldron'). Alfred Holder interpreted the name as 'the makers' or 'the commanders', by comparing it to the Welsh ''peryff'' ('lord, commander'), both possibly desc ...
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Parisii (Yorkshire)
The Parisi were a British Celtic tribe located somewhere within the present-day East Riding of Yorkshire, in England, known from a single brief reference by Ptolemy in his ''Geographica'' of about AD 150. Many writers have connected them with the archaeological Arras culture and some with the more widely known Parisii of Gaul. Historical sources and archaeology The Parisi are known from a description in Ptolemy's ''Geographica'' (''Geographica'' II, 3, 10) which locates them to near ''Opportunum Sinus'' ("Good harbour"). Ptolemy is presumed never to have visited Roman Britain, compiling his work from existing sources, probably in Alexandria. The tribe is inferred to have been surrounded by the Brigantes, and with the Coritani south of them across the Humber. Ptolemy mentions the Parisi in association with '' Petvaria'', a town thought to be located close to Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire. Ptolemy also mentions a promontory ''Promontarium Ocellum'', which may be either Spu ...
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