In Ab Urbe Condita (book XXIV, chapter X), Titus Livius wrote that Melae was destroyed in 215 BC by the troops of Claudius Marcellus and Quintus Fabius, during the Second Punic War.

[4] The municipality is located in the northern area of its province, next to that of Benevento.

Crossed by the river Ufita, it borders with Apice, Ariano Irpino, Bonito and Grottaminarda.

[5] Its hamlets (frazioni) are the small villages of Cozza, Fontana del Bosco and Incoronata.

Nearest motorway exit is located in Grottaminarda, on the A16 Naples-Bari.