 The etymology of the word and the castle ruins may indicate that Senerchia was once strong and powerful.Some also say that, the name recalls the local Northern Tuscan names "silerchia" and "silerchie" which presuppose a "silercula" from the Latin "Siler-eris", meaning a plant that grows in places full of water.The final battle that saw the defeat and death of Spartacus in 71 BC took place in the present-day territory of Senerchia, on a site on the right bank of the river Sele in an area that includes the border with Oliveto Citra up to Calabritto, near the village of Quaglietta.