 Another thing that creates incongruity is the illogical nature of the Samnites building a town on the peak of an unpaved hillside with no natural springs, other urban centers in Samnium developed in flat areas along main roads and large trade routes, such as Cluvia, and Aequum Tuticum (the modern day settlement of Sant'Eleuterio between Ariano Irpino and Castelfranco in Miscano) which are located not far away from modern Paduli.Regardless, the confirmed first written mention of Paduli comes from a diploma confirming the sovereignty of Conrad II of Germany, where it is listed as "Padule".In 1113, Falco of Benevento described Paduli as the site of an immense fortified castle built by Normans to help facilitate attacks against Benevento.