Paduli
| Paduli | |
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| Comune | |
| Comune di Paduli di Benevento | |
 Paduli
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| Coordinates: 41°10′N 14°53′E / 41.167°N 14.883°ECoordinates: 41°10′N 14°53′E / 41.167°N 14.883°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Benevento (BN) |
| First mentioned | c. 92 AD |
| Frazioni | Bosco Verdito, Calore Sandriano, Ignazio Forno Nuovo, Monte Capriano Carpinelli, Orticelli, Orticelli Montefollo, Piana, Piana Ferrara, Ravano, Saglieta, San Giuseppe, Serre Capitolo, Soloni, Torre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Giovanni De Gennaro |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44.7 km2 (17.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 4,171 |
| • Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Padulesi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 82020 |
| Dialing code | 0824 |
| Patron saint | St. Nicholas of Bari |
| Saint day | 6 December |
| Website | Official website |
Paduli di Benevento is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania. It is located on a rocky spur between the Calore and Tammaro rivers, about 60 km northeast of Naples and about 9 km northeast of Benevento.
The history of Paduli is largely unclear. Two theories exist about Paduli's origins. The first postulates Paduli was formed by medieval Romans fleeing Forum Novum during an era of barbarian invasions. The second comes from several historians, such as Domenico Romanelli, who postulate Paduli was once the ancient city of Batulum, built by the ancient Samnites. "Batulum" is first mentioned along with other localities in Samnium, in book seven of the Aeneid.
"Nec tu carminibus nostris indictus abibis, Oebale, quem generasse Telon Sebethide nympha fertur, Teleboum Capreas cum regna teneret, iam senior; patriis sed non et filius arvis contentus late iam tum dicione premebat Sarrastis populos et quae rigat aequora Sarnus quique Rufras Batulumque tenent atque arva Celemnae et quos maliferae despectant moenia Abellae, Teutonico ritu soliti torquere cateias, tegmina quis capitum raptus de subere cortex, aerataeque micant peltae, micat aereus ensis."
"Nor shalt thou, Oebalus, depart unsung, whom minstrels say the nymph Sebethis bore to Telon, who in Capri was a king when old and gray; but that disdaining son quitted so small a seat, and conquering sway among Sarrastian folk and those wide plains watered by Sarnus' wave, became a king over Celenna, Rufrae, Batulum, and where among her apple-orchards rise Abella's walls. All these, as Teutons use, hurl a light javelin; for helm they wear stripped cork-tree bark; the crescent of their shields is gleaming bronze, and gleaming bronze the sword.
Batulum is mentioned again in the eighth book of the Punica by Silius Italicus, although its exact location is never described.
"Adfuit et Samnis, nondum uergente fauore ad Poenos, sed nec ueteri purgatus ab ira: qui Batulum Nucrasque metunt, Bouiania quique exagitant lustra aut Caudinis faucibus haerent, et quos aut Rufrae, quos aut Aesernia, quosue obscura incultis Herdonia misit ab agris."
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