Lutetia

The first traces of the Roman occupation of Lutetia appeared at the end of the 1st century BC, during the reign of the Emperor Augustus [1]. By the beginning of the 1st century AD, the construction of the Roman city was underway [1]. The Roman city was laid out along the main Cardo Maximus street [1]. The Thermes de Cluny, the grand public baths, now part of the Musée de Cluny, are the largest and best-preserved vestige of Roman Lutetia and date from the late 1st or early 2nd century AD [1]. The Necropolis of Saint-Jacques was close to the modern intersection of Avenue Saint-Michel and Avenue Denfert-Rochereau [1]. It occupied a space of about four hectares, and was in use from the beginning of the first until about the fourth century AD [1].