Its history is linked, for its origins, with the ancient city of Capua, corresponding to the current Santa Maria Capua Vetere, because it had been part of the latter for many centuries, until the year 841 (the year of the invasion of the Saracens, who destroyed ancient Capua). The population was dominated by Lombards, Normans, Swabians, Angevins and Aragonese. According to Francesco Granata[8] the ancient city of Capua extended in a territory of about six miles and, in the XVIII century, it was occupied by the hamlets of S. Maria Maggiore, S. Pietro in Corpo, Curti, Macerata and S. Andrea de' Lagni.