▁medieval ▁R ag us an ▁documents , ▁the ▁Ser bian ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁( Pe ć , ▁lit . ▁" f urn ace ") ▁is ▁sometimes ▁translated ▁as ▁For no , ▁meaning ▁" f urn ace " ▁in ▁Italian . ▁During ▁Ott oman ▁rule , ▁it ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁Ott oman ▁Turkish ▁ İ pe k ▁( ا ي پ ك ). ▁The ▁Alban ian ▁name ' s ▁definite ▁form ▁is ▁Pe ja ▁and ▁the ▁in defin ite ▁Pe j ë . ▁Other ▁names ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁include ▁Latin ▁P es ci um ▁and ▁Greek ▁Epis k ion ▁( Ε π ι σ κ ι ο ν ). ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁An cient ▁and ▁medieval ▁history ▁ ▁The ▁city ▁is ▁located ▁in ▁a ▁strateg ic ▁position ▁on ▁the ▁Pe ć ka ▁B istr ica , ▁a ▁trib ut ary ▁of ▁the ▁White ▁Dr in ▁to ▁the ▁east ▁of ▁the ▁Pro k let ije . ▁The ▁medieval ▁city ▁was ▁possibly ▁built ▁on ▁the ▁ru ins ▁of ▁S ip ar ant ( um ), ▁a ▁Roman ▁municip ium ▁( town ▁or ▁city ). ▁The ▁area ▁has ▁the ▁most ▁un ear th ed ▁st ela e ▁in ▁all ▁of ▁Kos ovo . ▁ ▁S lav s ▁( Sc la ven i ▁and ▁An tes ) ▁settled ▁the ▁B alk ans , ▁heavily ▁dep op ulated ▁by ▁" bar b ari ans ", ▁in ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁century . ▁The ▁By z antine ▁Empire ▁and ▁the ▁First ▁Bulgar ian ▁Empire ▁fought ▁for ▁control ▁of ▁the