 According to some theories, it could be a suburban village belonging to Aeclanum, but the prevailing theory suggests that it was the ancient village of "Melae" (or "Melas").In "Ab Urbe Condita" (book XXIV, chapter X), Titus Livius wrote that Melae was destroyed in 215 BC by the troops of Claudius Marcellus and Quintus Fabius, during the Second Punic War.The municipality is located in the northern area of its province, next to that of Benevento.