| Capture of Malta | |||||||||
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| Part of the Second Punic War | |||||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:SICILIA_218_AC.png) Naval operations around Sicily in 218 BC | |||||||||
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| 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.