
Exploring three cities that today are home to the vestiges of the industrious Roman civilization.
With its 2,185 monuments, Paris is the world's most touristic capital city; each part of the riverbank and each neighborhood bears witness to this tremendous wealth.
During the Gallic Wars, without putting up a fight, whole cities immediately sided with Rome and even took advantage of the generosity of the emperors, from Julius Caesar to Constantine the Great.
Lyon is the third-largest city in France but during ancient times, it was the largest; at the time, the capital of the Gauls was called Lugdunum.