Romanian is an Eastern European Romance language that originated from the Roman Empire's conquest of the region known as Dacia. After over a century of Roman rule, the people in the area continued to speak Latin.

Romanian is an Eastern European Romance language that originated from the Roman Empire's conquest of the region known as Dacia. After over a century of Roman rule, the people in the area continued to speak Latin.

Buda and Pest were originally separate cities on opposite sides of the Danube river in Hungary. Buda, founded by the Hungarians, became the larger city and the capital. In 1873, the two cities merged to form Budapest, which today