Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nzvimbo yaiva neguta racho yakabva yakanganwika, uye Phalasarna inongotaurwa nezvayo muzvinyorwa zveVenetian seguta rakarasika. Nzvimbo yacho yakawanwazve muzana ramakore rechi 19 navatsvakurudzi veBritain Robert Pashley naKaputeni T. A. B. Spratt. Spratt, weRoyal Navy, akacherekedza muna 1859 kuti chiteshi chengarava chepamberi penzvimbo isina vanhu zvino chakanga chiri mamita 100 kubva pagungwa, uye kuti mhenderekedzo yegungwa yakare inofanira kuva yakakwira mamita makumi maviri nemana. Kuchera kwazvino uno kwakatsigira uyu mutongo, uye kwakaratidzawo kuti chiteshi chengarava chakakurumidza kuzara pashure pokurwiswa navaRoma. Kuverengwa kwezvicherwa zvealgae neRadiocarbon pamutsetse wegungwa wekare pamakomo akapoteredza Phalasarna kunofungidzira kuchinja kwechimbichimbi kwegungwa pane imwe nguva anopfuura mazana amakore gumi namatanhatu apfuura. Chiitiko chinobvira chakanga chiri
kudengenyeka kukuru uye tsunami yaJuly 21 A.D. 365, iyo yakaparira kuparadzwa kukuru pamhenderekedzo dzose dzokumabvazuva kweMediterranean uye yakanyorwa naAmmianus Marcellinus navamwe. Dziva rehove rekare rine masitepisi maviri akavezwa mumatombo ari pedyo negungwa pedyo nomusuo wechiteshi chengarava rakatsemuka nepakati, zvichida panguva yekudengenyeka kwacho.