ecclesiastical writer, who dedicated his works to Primasius of Hadrumetum. In the seventh century was the bishop Flavianus, who assisted at the Council of Carthage (646) against Monothelitism; and Potentinus, who was exiled in Spain and intervened at the Council of Toledo (684). With the Arab conquest, Utica was destroyed and disappeared even as an independent diocese. Only during the early Renaissance Utica was again a diocese, when the Spanish Empire conquered the region for some decades and Pedro del Campo was named bishop of the recreated Diocese of Utica in 1516 AD. Ruins The site of the ruins of Utica is set on a low hill, composed of several Roman villas. Their walls still preserve decorative floor mosaics. To the northwest of these villas is a Punic necropolis, with Punic sarcophagi below the Roman level. Currently, the site is located about 30 km from Tunis and 30 km from Bizerte and near cities with four other historical sites: Zhana: village two kilometers from the site and has some important monuments; Ghar El Melh : city located on a narrow strip of land between the mountains and the sea and welcoming several fortresses; El Alia : city which houses monuments Andalusian style; Metline : coastal town of Andalucian style. The House of the Cascade at Utica is typical of most Roman houses excavated in North Africa. Notable people Dionysius of Utica was an ancient Greek writer from Utica. Gallery See also Caesarea Cirta Thamugadi Lambaesis Thysdrus Volubilis Leptis Magna Carthago Utica, New York References Citations Bibliography Chelbi, Fethi. Roland Paskoff et Pol Trousset, « La baie d'Utique et son évolution depuis l'Antiquité : une réévaluation géoarchéologique », Antiquités africaines, vol. 31, 1995, pp. 7–51 Chelbi, Fethi. Utique la splendide, éd. Agence nationale du patrimoine, Tunis, 1996 Cintas, Pierre. « Nouvelles recherches à Utique », Karthago. number 5, 1954, pp. 86–155 Colozier, Étiennette. « Quelques monuments inédits d'Utique », Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire, vol. 64, numéro64, 1952, pp. 67–86 () . Hatto Gross, Walter. Utica. In: Der Kleine Pauly (KlP). Band 5, Stuttgart 1975, Sp. 1081 f. Lézine, Alexandre. Carthage-Utique. Études d'architecture et d'urbanisme, éd. CNRS, Paris, 1968 Paskoff, Roland et al., « L'ancienne baie d'Utique : du témoignage des textes à celui des images satellitaires », Mappemonde, numéro1/1992, pp. 30–34 () Ville, G. « La maison de la mosaïque de la chasse à Utique », Karthago, numéro11, 1961–1962, pp. 17–76