909 AD
Fatimids
Fatimids conquered Malta.
909 AD
Fatimids conquered Malta.
870 AD
Improved agriculture and irrigation systems are introduced, including the 'noria' or waterwheel; cotton and citrus fruits are introduced to Malta.
870 AD
The Arabs construct a fort on the site of present-day Fort St Angelo.
870 AD
The fortified Roman settlement of Melita, on the highlands in the centre of Malta, is reduced in size, further fortified, and renamed Medina, precursor to the Medieval city of Mdina.
870 AD
Malta is conquered by Aghlabid Arabs.
533 AD
Belisarius restores the Maltese Islands to the Byzantine Empire.
464 AD
Malta is occupied by the Goths.
454 AD
Malta is occupied by the Vandals.
400 AD
A Western Roman church is built over the remains of the Tas-Silġ megalithic temples. (to 600)
395 AD
Western Roman rule over Malta, following the final division of the Roman Empire. (to 454)
117 AD
Malta becomes a municipium during the reign of Hadrian. (to 138)
60 AD
Saint Publius Prince of Malta. First Bishop of Malta.
60 AD
Saint Paul shipwrecked on the island.
41 AD
The Maltese are granted municipal privileges by Rome.
150 BC
Third Punic War. (to 146 BC)
200 BC
A Roman temple, dedicated to the goddess Hera, is built over the remains of the Tas-Silġ megalithic temples. (to 300)
218 BC
Beginnings of the Maltese textile industry.
218 BC
Malta is incorporated into the Roman Republic, within the province of Sicily.
218 BC
Invasion of Malta by Titus Sempronius Longus.
221 BC
Second Punic War. (to 202 BC)
264 BC
First Punic War. (to 241 BC)
480 BC
The islands come under the control of Carthage, a former Phoenician colony, and rapidly develop into a Carthaginian naval base.
539 BC
Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire, conquers Phoenicia.
700 BC
A Punic temple, dedicated to the mother goddess Astarte, is built over the remains of the Tas-Silġ megalithic temples. (to 200 BC)
720 BC
A Phoenician colony is founded on Malta.
1000 BC
The colonisation of the Maltese Islands by the Phoenicians begins. Earliest evidence of commerce and increased contacts with surrounding Mediterranean cultures.
1000 BC
The Phoenicians were present on Malta before the end of the 2nd millennium BC.
