Capture of Malta (218 BC)

Capture of Malta
Part of the Second Punic War

Naval operations around Sicily in 218 BC
Date218 BC
Location35°53′N 14°27′E / 35.883°N 14.450°E / 35.883; 14.450
Result Roman victory
Territorial
changes
Malta integrated into the Roman province of Sicilia
Belligerents
Roman Republic Carthage
Commanders and leaders
Tiberius Sempronius Longus Hamilcar, son of Gisco  (POW)
Strength
c. 26,000 c. 2,000
Casualties and losses
Light c. 2,000 captured and enslaved

The capture of Malta was the successful invasion of the Carthaginian island of Malta (then known as Maleth, Melite or Melita) by forces of the Roman Republic led by Tiberius Sempronius Longus in the early stages of the Second Punic War in 218 BC.