In 840, ancient Capua was burned to the ground by a band of Saracen mercenaries called by Radelchis I of Benevento[REF] with only the church of Santa Maria Maggiore (founded about 497) remaining.
Upon Pandulf's death, Capua fell to his weaker sons and, in 1058, the city itself fell in a siege to Rainulf's nephew Richard I, who took the title Prince of Aversa.