User:Scangeo

The origins of the Parisii, the celtic people associated with East Yorkshire and the region of modern day Paris. The Parisii of Yorkshire, and the Parisii of Gaul, have to be the same people,the proximity of the two places and the distinction of the name "Parisii" would make it highly unlikely that they were two different tribes. The Yorkshire branch was probably transplanted there by the Romans after the Vercingetorix uprising. They would have been kept under control by the Romans rationing the supply of grain to them. Their work would have been to process the abundance of standing timber and then get the cleared land into shape for the production of cereals. Their initial transportations could have been a military operation, but once settled, they would have been dealing with the industrial tycoons and merchants of the Roman empire. Roman merchants would have been tading with the Celts of Britain before and after Caesar,even at this time,military invasions would not have stood in the way of commerce. Scangeo (talk) 07:41, 16 May 2010 (UTC)