sentences:  From the time of this new settlement it seems to have borne the name of Heraclea, though coupled with that of Minoa for the sake of distinction.The city was only briefly under the control of the Spartans and during the whole of the 5th c. BC it was under Akragan control and became very prosperous.However it was destroyed by the Carthaginians probably in 406 BC, through jealousy of its increasing power.