Carthage,+Rome+and+the+Arabs


 * __Carthage, Rome and the Arabs__**

Later came the islands under the control city of Carthage, ca. 400 BC, and as a result of the Punic wars took over the Romans in 218 BC. The islands prospered under Roman rule, which numerous monuments testify. This year, 60 suffered the Apostle Paul was shipwrecked in the St. Paul's Bay, and Christianity has had a foothold in Malta. Probably the islands were also raided by the Germanic Vandals once the 400's. In 870 the islands were conquered by the Arabs. Arabs the Christian religion, and introduced new plants like citrus fruits and cotton.

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