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To: SunkenCiv

I read somewhere that the Merovingians claimed that they were descended from Paris of Troy. I always thought this was why they named their capital city Paris.


81 posted on 05/06/2026 1:23:25 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: virgil

They may have. The Aeneid was commissioned by Augustus, and there was a claim that the Britons were descendants of the Trojans.

https://anthonyadolph.co.uk/brutus-of-troy/


85 posted on 05/06/2026 5:28:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: virgil

Paris is so called because it was the chief city of the ancient Gallic tribe of the Parisii (the city was called Lutetia in Roman times).


86 posted on 05/06/2026 5:31:18 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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