Lutetia Parisiorum

LUTETIA PARISORUM

Salvete, discipuli! adsum in Gallia, in Lutetia Parisiorum. eram laeta ubi vidi hanc statuam.

It is right down the street from the Ecole des Chartes, where I am teaching this month. Of course, it is the statue of __________ and ___________ being nursed by the Lupa. The inscription is in Latin (naturally!) and looks like this:


Can you read some of the words? Mr. Finch will help you with the translation!

If you click the web-site to the right of this post, you will see some good information about the Roman city that was here before Paris: it was called Lutetia Parisiorum (note that genitive plural!)