<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kumwe kwokutanga kunongedzera kuzvitsuwa zveMalta kunogona kuwanwa murondedzero yezvipo naMambo Constatine I mukutanga kwezana ramakore rechina, iyo inosanganisira chipo kuLateran baptistery ye massa ine mari ye222 solidi iyo sezviri pachena yaive pachitsuwa cheGozo. Zvisinei, kutaurwa kwokutanga kwakakodzera kweMedieval Malta mumamiriro eEastern Roman Empire kunowanikwa muProcopius Bellum Vandalicum inotsanangura  <response>: Hondo yeByzantium muNorth Africa. Mukuru mukuru weByzantium Belisarius anorondedzerwa achibata paMalta muna 533, apo boka revaRoma raifamba nechikepe raibva kuKaukana richienda kuNorth Africa. Zvisinei, shoko rechiito rechiGiriki rakashandiswa rinogona kureva kuburuka kana kuti kusvika. Mundima imwe cheteyo, Procopius anorondedzera Malta sokuparadzanisa gungwa reAdriatic neregungwa reTyrrhenian, zvichiratidzira kuti zvitsuwa zvingave zvaiva pamuganhu wegungwa unoparadzanisa nzvimbo dzeVandals neByzantine. Ndima yacho haitauri kuti Belisarius akakunda zvitsuwa, kana kuti zvitsuwa zveMalta zvakanga zvatova mumaoko eByzantium. Kutaura zvazviri, Marita haibatanidzwi muSynecdmus yaHierocles, iyo inotaura nezverondedzero yemaguta aiva muUmambo muna 5278. 