<prompt> Enye yezinkulumo zokuqala zeziqhingi zaseMalta zingatholakala ohlwini lwezipho zoMbusi uConstantine I ekuqaleni kwekhulu lesine, okubandakanya isibonelelo se-Lateran baptistery se- massa ngemali engenayo engu-222 solidi okusobala ukuthi yayisesiqhingini saseGozo. Kodwa-ke, ukubalulwa kokuqala okufanele kweMedieval Malta kumongo woMbuso WaseMpumalanga WaseRoma kutholakala kuProcopius Bellum Vandalicum enikeza imininingwane ngomkhankaso waseByzantium eNyakatho Afrika  <response>: . futhi. 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. 