<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Okunye kokukhulunywa ngakho kwasekuqaleni kweziqhingi zaseMalta kungatholakala ohlwini lwezipho ezenziwa uMbusi uConstantine I ekuqaleni kwekhulu lesine leminyaka, okubandakanya ukunikezwa kwesonto lobhapathizo laseLateran mass ngemali engenayo engu-222 solidi okusobala ukuthi yayisesiqhingini saseGozo. Kodwa-ke, ukubhekiswa kokuqala okufanele kweMalta YaseMiddle Ages kumongo woMbuso WaseMpumalanga WaseRoma kutholakala kuProcopius Bellum Vandalicum enikeza imininingwane nge  <response>: Impi yaseByzantium eNyakatho Afrika. Ujenene waseByzantium uBelisarius uchazwa ngokuthi wathinta iMalta ngo-533, ngenkathi ibutho lamaRoma lalihamba ngomkhumbi lisuka eKaukana liya eNyakatho Afrika. Nokho, isenzo sesiGreki esisetshenzisiwe singasho ukuthi wafika noma wasondela. Kule ndima efanayo, uProcopius uchaza iMalta njengohlukanisa ulwandle i-Adriatic nolwaseTyrrhenian, okubonisa ukuthi lezi ziqhingi kungenzeka zazisemngceleni wasolwandle owawuhlukanisa izindawo zamaVandals nezaseByzantium. Le ndima ayisho ukuthi uBelisarius wanqoba lezi ziqhingi, noma ukuthi iziqhingi zaseMalta zase zisezandleni zaseByzantium. Eqinisweni, iMalta ayifakiwe ku-Synecdmus kaHierocles, enemininingwane yohlu lwamadolobha ayingxenye yoMbuso ngo-5278. 