 Within the town, however, especially among the elderly, there is a widespread tale (seemingly with no official evidence) that the name derives from “Campus Lotarii” because in that area were allegedly encamped, in the Year 848, the troops sent by Lothair, a Holy Roman Emperor (817–855) to free Benevento from the Saracens.In 1138 the town was burned down by Roger the Norman because it was among the towns that rebelled against the royal power.In that year Campolattaro was a fiefdom of Goffredo, Baron of Buonalbergo.