 It is bordered by Lauro, Monteforte Irpino, Moschiano, Pago del Vallo di Lauro and Visciano .Bronze Age remains have been found in the area of Taurano, whose name derives from Latin, either the surname "Taurus" or the gentilic "Taurius".It was a Samnite "oppidum", destroyed by Romans under Sulla during the Social War.