THE ORIGIN AND THE ROMAN AGE
The origin of Cameri is  the same of Novara, founded by Liguri, the first inhabitants of northern Italy. These ancient people established their presence in the Po valley in 1500 a.c.After them came the Vertecomari or Comari who, by some historic studies, gave origin to the name of Cameri.

Other historians consider the origin of the name of Cameri from the words “Campo di Marte” (Mars field) where Scipio stopped during the battle against Hannibal (218 a.c).  Others gave the orgin of the name from Campo Raudio  (CAMRA)  which it's pronounced, nowadays, in the local dialect.  Anothet opinion is that the name came from “Castra Mari” (Marius camp) from where the roman  general left to fight Cimbri populations.

It could be that the origin of the name is more simple, and that Ca’Marii is only the name of the “house”  of an ancient roman soldier who stopped in this territory because of the fertility of the soil and the presence of water. Around this house (which at that time was only a  straw hut) could be risen the town.
In 89 a.d Novara became a roman colony and in 42 a.d. an independent “municipium” with  jurisdiction over “Agro Novarese”.

Without any slavery ties and thanks to the soil fertility and the inhabitants labouriosity,  the region lived a long period of peace till the V century, when northern italy was invaded by german people.

MIDDLE AGE: FROM VII TO XV CENTURY
In  405 the region was invaded by the hordes of Alaric, then of Radagaisus and by Huns of Attila who in 452 sacked Novara. In 476, with the fall of Western Roman Empire, the lands was invaded first by Goths of Odoacer and then by  Theodoric. In 568 came from Pannonia Alboin with Gepidi, Bulgarians and Longobards. The last ones reigned until 774 when Charlemagne, King of Franks, defeated Desiderius in Mortara

The Franks divided the reign in “counties” and “marches”. The Novara Count was divided in Bulgarian and Pombia Counties. The Bulgarian Count seems to be passed, in 1167, under the power of Milan. As written in a document dated july 19, 912, Berengar, by request of John, the bishop of Pavia and the marques Ulric, allowed  the count Lion to build some castles in his properties included Cammari and Bornago.

On Lion’s death in 914,  the territory of Cameri and Bornago passed on the branch of Counts of Biandrate, descendants of Ugone, during the Arduino kingdom, and remained under this jurisdisction for long time as supported in a document dated 1007. With a document of 17 ottobre 1152  Barbarossa assigned to Guido of Biandrate the rights over Biandrate, Cameri, Ceredo, Cavallirio, Bellinzago, Oleggio and Mezzomerico.

At that time Cameri, as other countries around, began to side with Novar in the fights between Towns, designating its own consuls, and the Imperator moved war against Milan. On july 28, 1358 the victorious Galeazzo Visconti, entered Novara, and destroyed all unfaithful castles among which the Cameri one.

In 1441, with the invasion of Novara territory,  Cameri  became a Sforza fief.

SIXTEENTH CENTURY
In 1512 French, after the occupation of Ducky of Milan, retired and territories passed under Maximilian Sforza, son of Ludovico il Moro. In 1515 French,  under Francis I reconquered the territories but in 1521 were again defeated and Ducky of Milan passed under Francesco Sforza II.

With the death of Francesco Sforza II in 1535, the Ducky passed to Charles V who  abdicated in favour of Philip II of Spain. It began the Spanish rule over Lombardia and Novara that lasted for about two centuries.

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
The Rastatt Peace, signed in 1714, ratified the trasfer of Novara territories under  Austria after 178 years of bad Spanish government.

With Vienna Treated in 1738 and Acquisgrana Treated in 1748 all Novara territories were ceded to  the King of Sardinia and Ticino river became the frontier line between Piemonte and Austrian Empire that included also the Lombardo Veneto.

NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURY
The Wars of Independence touched marginally the town of Cameri because of its distance from the great lines of communications.
With the new century Cameri wasn’t only an agricultural country but also a place of industrial settlement especially  in the textile field.
In the first half of 1900’s an airfield was realized and in 1940, with the beginning of the World War, it became an operating base.

Today Cameri is an industrial town with 200 manufactoring firms that operated in textile, mechanical,  construction fields and with 161 shops.