translate English to German: The local historian A. Marchionni (1833-1902) too, did believe that the Pelasgi had founded Offida; in his work "Notizie storiche e statistiche di Offida" (1889) he said that among the Pelasgi there was the custom to bury their dead with their heads facing the houses they had lived in; the 400 graves discovered in the Offida territory would finally prove the presence of these people in Offida.
Der Geschichtsforscher C. Arduini (1815 – 1881) hingegen bestritt diese Theorie. 1844 schrieb er in dem Band " Memorie istoriche della città d’Offida " dass die Ursprünge Offidas vermutlich mit der Langobardischen Besetzung von Ascoli in Verbindung stehen.