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Capua

Brief history of the new Capua

Brief history of the new Capua

In 841, in the struggle for the succession of the Duchy of Benevento, Prince Radelchis I hired Saracen mercenaries commanded by Berber Halfun, against Landolphe, Count of Caserta. The Saracens pillaged and destroyed the ancient Capua (now Santa Maria …