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In the 1st century AD, what would become western Hungary was incorporated into the Roman Empire as part of the province of Pannonia. [3] Soon thereafter, the town of Sopianae was founded where modern-day Pécs stands, by colonists from the west who had intermarried with the local Illyrian-Celtic people. [3]
Pécs (/ p eɪ tʃ / PAYTCH, Hungarian: ⓘ; Croatian: Pečuh; Slovak: Päťkostolie German: Fünfkirchen, pronounced [fʏnfˈkɪʁçn̩] ⓘ; also known by alternative names) is the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the country's southwest, close to the border with Croatia.
Korai Magyar Történeti Lexikon (9-14. század), főszerkesztő: Kristó, Gyula, szerkesztők: Engel, Pál és Makk, Ferenc (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994) ...