PERIOD LONGOBARDO

After fifteen years of domination bizantina, in the 568 the Longobardi, to the commando of the king Alboino, occupied the Campania and of it they entrusted the government to Zotone in year 571. Killed Alboino and died also its Clefi successor, the officials longobardi divided to the lands giving origin to one disastrous oligarchy. To the badly government some pestilenze with consequent misery joined.

In the first half of the 600, the Longobardi beneventani was pushed until Salerno and in the 786 with duca the Arechi they attacked the Coastal Amalfitana, gelosi of the economic power of Amalfi. In that circumstance others inhabitants of the Coastal one went back our hills. To help Amalfi the Stefano of Naples came duca. To this point the dominion longobardo in the zone began to shake. While Amalfi, become a popolosa and active city, svincolò from the ducato one of Naples and began its way towards independence.

Agerola, below  in the amalfitana area, drew a strong advantage from the prosperity of Amalfi, in how much it placed on the market of Coastal the products of the campaign, latticini and latte, wool, carbons. The storiografo Filippo Cerasuoli from Maiori wrote: “From the half of the IX to that one of XII [the century] (...) the cities, castella and lands of this coastal one, connected for the common defense, formed one be independent, a federata republic, than from the metropoli the anlalfitano assistant adopted” ° '). Between several lands amalfita some it figured also Agerola.