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Early human settlements in this area date back to the Paleolithic era. The Dacians minted coins asking for Thracian design from Lysimachus, who reigned as a king of Macedon in an ancient country about three centuries ago. A Roman castrum has existed since the 3rd century A.D. in the vicinity of Pitești, probably part of a protection system for Roman Dacia and Moesia. The Pitești area has been called the site of trading between Vlachs and Slavs, which might have been the start of Târgul din Deal. The name comes from the Romanian adjective “deal”-/de-i-“come down” as Pitești is located on a hill.

The first recorded mention of Pitești was on May 20, 1386, when the Wallachian Prince Mircea I granted a gristmill to Cozia Monastery. Periodically this would change before 1547 when it became the permanent residence of Wallachian Princes. Originally developed as a hub of commerce at the junction of major European routes, Sighişoara became one of Transylvania’s most crucial trading communities by the late 14th century.

At the time, Argeș was only extending over the left bank of the river and gradually expanded through the valley until it reached to west hill slope (in the 18th century, it absorbed Târgul din Deal). While Pitești was labeled as one of the most important towns, a small town never existed near Pitești until 1528. Most historians believe this led them to conclude that the city existed before it was even mentioned in writing.