VRSAC, a town of the Banat, in the province of the Voivo dina, Yugoslavia (Magyar Versecz). Pop. (1931) 29,423, com prising Serbs, Germans and Magyars. It is famous for its red wines and brandy. Large quantities of maize are grown in the district and some wheat and oats. There are flour mills and dis tilleries in the town, which also manufactures distilling and general mill machinery. It has a handsome church and is the seat of a
Greek Orthodox bishop. Near the town are the remains of a Roman castle, and of a rampart and trench which extend for about 6o m. to the north. During the revolution of 1848-9 the Hun garians defeated the Serbs here in 1848 and were themselves defeated and the town occupied by the Austrians in