Due to the abundance of archaeological finds of the zone an important historic period known as the
Periam-Pecica culture was named after the settlement. The history of the localities Pecica, Bodrogu Vechi, Sederhat and Turnu is closely connected with the events making highly memorable the entire zone of the Arad Plateau. The first mention in documents of the locality dates back to 1335 when it was known as Petk. Sederhat was registered only in 1913, Turnu in 1333 under the name of Mok, while Bodrogu Vechi in 1422 under the name of Bodruch. It has a complex political and multicultural history with periods of direct
Ottoman rule, periods of
Habsburg monarchy and
Kingdom of Hungary. After the
Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, it became part of the Kingdom of Hungary within
Austria-Hungary. When the
Treaty of Trianon was signed, Pecica and the surrounding area became part of the
Kingdom of Romania. Since then the town has been part of Romania. Important in the history of Pecica is in 1689 when the Habsburg monarchy carried out a massive colonization with
Serbs, in order to protect the border on the Mureș river against the Turks. They passed into Arad County. 70-80,000 Serbs together with their bishop from
Serbian Patriarchate of Peć , Arsenije Petrović. In this way, the Orthodox church in the region was placed under the hierarchy of the
Metropolitanate of Karlovci. The colonizers received several privileges in exchange for border services. However, coexistence with the feudal administration of the region does not prove to be entirely viable. Thus, between 1751-1752, the revolt with Captain
Pera Segedinac broke out in Pecica. Following its suppression, a number of approx. 32,000 Serbs emigrated to the steppes on the right bank of the
Dniester. Numerous villages remained depopulated. ==Economy==