Aeclanum

Aec (u ) Solanum was an ancient city of the Samnite Hirpiner. She was lying in the middle Calore Valley, 22 kilometers south-east of Benevento and about 70 km north- west of Naples, at the point where the Via Herdonitana (also Aeclanensis ) and the Via Appia crossed, near present-day Mirabella Eclano in the province of Avellino. 89 BC the city was conquered by Sulla and a municipium of the tribus Cornelia (later it belonged to the Augustan regio II of Italy ). In the 2nd century, the corrector Apuliae et Calabriae imputed city colonia Aelia Augusta was called. In late antiquity, the city was a bishopric; most famous bishop was in the 5th century the Pelagian Julian of Aeclanum (on the Bishopric of the titular Aeclanum the Roman Catholic Church goes back ). 662 troops destroyed Constans II's Aeclanum.

Remains there today from the ramparts, who had three goals and every 20 meters a defensive tower. There are also a theater, an amphitheater, a macellum, large spas, a cistern, an aqueduct and an early Christian basilica and a baptistery.

Near Mirabella Eclano there is a cave ( Grotte di Passo ) with ruins and a Oscan inscription.