sentences:  The latter author is the last who mentions the name of Heraclea; it appears to have certainly disappeared before the age of the Roman Itineraries.The urban area outside the wall was occupied in the III-VII c. AD by a late Roman villa, and in the Byzantine period with the construction of a large basilica and a connected cemetery.The location of Heraclea Minoa was first identified by the 16th century historian Tommaso Fazello; the foundations of the walls could be distinctly traced and, though no ruins remained standing, the whole site abounded with remains of pottery and brickwork.