At some point after the destruction of the city by Rome in 200 BC, the inhabitants moved to a location further inland where they founded Stilida which developed into the modern town Stilo.

Punta Stilo, the "Cape of Columns", is a gentle arc-shaped headland located immediately north of the site.

More than one hundred fluted columns which have been discovered on the seabed in front of Caulonia stood then on a broad arc-shaped headland.

Also, the claim of Kroton over such a long stretch of coast close to its rival Locri would have been risky.

[9] It was refounded by Dionysius II of Syracuse several decades later[10] and he probably gave control over the city to Locri.

[11] The city was razed two more times: it was destroyed during the Pyrrhic War (280–275 BC) and taken by the Campanians, who formed the largest contingent of allies in the army of Rome.

It was first exhibited in the Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia, but was restored and transferred to the Monasterace Archeological Museum in 2012.

[15] In 2012 a mosaic floor of 25 m2 dating to late 4th century BC was discovered in what is thought to have been a thermal bathhouse.