Melita (Malta)

Phoenicians called the island Malat = 'safe harbour'

5200     BC  Oldest megaliths
5000     BC  First settlers from Sicily
2300     BC  New groups of immigrants from South Italy
1450     BC  New group of settlers
 900     BC  New group of settlers     
 800     BC  Malta inhabited by Phoenicians 
             (presence of Phoenician sailors from the end of the 8th cent BC,
             Aubet 1987, 1993 The Phoenicians and the West)
 480     BC  Carthaginian
 264-241 BC  Occupied by the Romans (Attilio Regolo) during the first Punic War
             Conquered by the Carthaginians
 218     BC  Occupied by the Romans