where did the name pizza pie come from
The word pizza was first documented in 997 AD in Gaeta, Italy, and successively in different parts of Central and Southern Italy.The precursor of pizza was probably the focaccia, a flat bread known to the Romans as panis focacius, to which toppings were then added.oods similar to pizza have been made since the neolithic age. Records of people adding other ingredients to bread to make it more flavorful can be found throughout ancient history. 1  In Sardinia, French and Italian archaeologists have found bread baked over 7,000 years ago.