▁Doctor ▁David ▁Trump ▁has ▁brought ▁to ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁a ▁Roman ▁c is tern ▁not ▁far ▁from ▁the ▁tower . ▁This ▁structure ▁is ▁histor ically ▁important ▁as ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁c ement , ▁that ▁at ▁times ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁modern ▁use , ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Rom ans ▁that ▁does ▁not ▁date ▁to ▁the ▁P un ics . ▁This ▁con cludes ▁that ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁tower ▁is ▁P unic ▁but ▁that ▁the ▁tower ▁was ▁re ado pt ed ▁by ▁the ▁Rom ans . ▁Roman ▁pot tery ▁was ▁un ear th ed ▁and ▁Roman ▁tomb s ▁have ▁been ▁exc av ated ▁and ▁documented . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁tower ▁" may ▁have ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁centre ▁point ▁around ▁which ▁one ▁of ▁Mal ta ' s ▁more ▁important ▁media eval ▁settlement s ▁had ▁developed ▁out ▁of ▁late ▁Roman ▁economic ▁activity ▁in ▁the ▁area ". ▁ ▁Muslim ▁period ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Muslim ▁period ▁the ▁area ▁at ▁the ▁tower ▁is ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁at ▁least ▁been ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁Islam ic ▁c emetery , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁Islam ic ▁c em eter ies ▁in ▁Mal ta . ▁The ▁reuse ▁of ▁former ▁building ▁by ▁the ▁Arab s ▁was ▁common ▁as ▁it ▁facil itated ▁effort ▁from ▁cutting ▁rock . ▁Some ▁P unic ▁and ▁Roman ▁building ▁have ▁been ▁discovered ▁to ▁be ▁re used ▁in ▁Mal ta ▁during ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁cal i ph ate , ▁this ▁could ▁have ▁possibly ▁included ▁the ▁Ta ' ▁C ied a ▁Tower . ▁On ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁tower