Vizari
Greek and Roman settlements about 20 km NW of Timbaki. A hill S of modern Vizari was occupied by a small Classical and Hellenistic city, and this seems subsequently to have been abandoned in favor of a site just W of the present village. Here a Roman settlement of about 15 hectares was built and occupied at least until the Arab conquest. Suggestions that the city of Sybrita may have been transferred to this site ca. A.D. 800 are unconvincing. On the site of the Greek city there is little to see, although remains of houses cover about a hectare. Limited excavations in the Roman settlement have revealed a late 3d c. mosaic, and nearby remains of a bath suite are visible. The main feature of interest and the main focus of excavations have been the Early Christian basilican church, which was built about the beginning of the 9th c. A.D.
BIBLIOGRAPHYK. Kalokyres in Praktika (1955 [1956]) 250-52I; K. Kalokyres in A. K. Orlandos, Ergon (1958 [1959]) 177-80PI; M.S.F. Hood, P. Warren, & G. Cadogan, “Travels in Crete, 1962,” BSA 59 (1964) 77-78.
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