Melite
Antike Stadt · Malta
- Verlassen
- unbekannt
- Gegründet
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- Einwohner
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- Koordinaten
- 35.885, 14.400
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Automatisch aus dem Text erkannt: ancient city in Malta
Geschichte
Melite or Melita (Latin) was an ancient city located on the site of present-day Mdina and Rabat in Malta. It started out as a Bronze Age settlement, which developed into a city called Ann under the Phoenicians and became the administrative centre of the island. The city fell to the Roman Republic in 218 BC, and it remained part of the Roman and later the Byzantine Empire until 870 AD, when it was captured and destroyed by the Aghlabids. The city was then rebuilt and renamed Medina, giving rise to the present name Mdina. It remained Malta's capital city until 1530.
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