#Vercingetorix, a leader of the #Celtic #Gauls, surrendered to the #Roman forces of #JuliusCaesar on #ThisDayInHistory in 52 BCE, ending the siege & #BattleOfAlesia. #Caesar's #genocidal conquest of what eventually became France was lionized in his propaganda work #TheGallicWar.

An ancient wall discovered in Paris possibly confirms the city’s original settlement.

The stone-and-wood wall, about 20 meters long, was unearthed in the heart of Paris, the Ministry of Culture said.

It may be a fragment of the ramp…

#Archaeology #Paris #History #Lutetia #Gauls #Parisii #France

A vast Gallic coin workshop is discovered in central France.

Excavations carried out this summer at the Arverni site of Corent in central France have revealed a building where gold and silver coins may have been minted before the…

#France #Archaeology #Gauls #Gold #Silver #Coins #History #Science