 After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Nora, like many other Sardinian coastal cities, suffered continuous raids from the Vandals and later the Saracens, and eventually ceased to exist from about the 8th century AD.Modern Pula appeared during the Middle Ages as a village called "Padulis de Nura" or Nora Marsh, which was part of the Giudicato of Cagliari.It was incorporated into the crown possessions of Aragon in 1355, after the death of Gherardo della Gherardesca the younger and was entrusted to various feudal lords.