Roman Malta
Roman Malta
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罗马马耳他
DOI：
10.2307/296290
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发表时间：
1915
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0.9
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Roman Malta
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马耳他群岛，马耳他，古Melite，戈佐岛，古高卢岛和三个较小的岛屿，位于地中海的中心，位置重要。它们控制着东西之间的海上交通要道，它们是南北之间、西西里和突尼斯之间的纽带。它们的确很小;他们的整个面积大约是怀特岛的五分之四，但他们以自己的方式非常肥沃，他们的海洋富含鱼类，他们的海岸有许多港口。自然，它们早就有人居住了;它们有一个真实的，在某些世纪里，一个激动人心的历史。它们与西西里的地理关系最为密切，西西里位于戈佐岛以北不到60英里处，天气晴朗时，从群岛的高处可以很容易地看到。因此，也许在罗马时代的七个世纪中，正如在中世纪的五个世纪中一样，他们特别与西西里联系在一起;但是他们与更远的非洲海岸和地中海的东部和西部沃茨的关系太强了，以至于他们不能被称为纯粹的西西里人，甚至不能被称为纯粹的欧洲人，他们经常拥有其他的效忠对象。
The Maltese islands, Malta, the ancient Melite, Gozo, the ancient Gaulus, and three lesser islets, lie in the centre of the Mediterranean in a significant position. They command the highway of sea-borne traffic between east and west, and they form a link between north and south, between Sicily and Tunis. They are small, indeed; their whole area is about four-fifths that of the Isle of Wight, but they are in their own fashion very fertile, their seas are rich in fish, and their coasts have many harbours. Naturally they have long been inhabited; they have a real and, for certain centuries, a stirring history. Their closest geographical kinship is with Sicily, which is less than sixty miles north of Gozo, and can easily be seen in clear weather from the higher parts of the islands. Hence, perhaps, it was that during seven centuries of the Roman period, just as during five centuries of the middle ages, they were connected especially with Sicily; but their relations with the more distant African coast and with the eastern and western waters of the Mediterranean are too strong to allow them to be called purely Sicilian or even purely European, and they have often owned other allegiance.