 Thus, Romanians from Szakálháza or Sǎcălaz near Timişoara and Mândruloc (not far from the Mureş river, near Arad), were colonized by force to the area of present-day Torac.Once on the new territory of Torac, these colonists gave the old names to their new settlements, that is, Sǎcălaz (Toracul Mare) and Sefdin (Toracul Mic).