Let’s get that tricky pronunciation out of the way first. Xemxija is pronounced ‘shem-she-ya’. X’s and Q’s are just thrown into place-names in Malta to confuse the foreigners. The town is in the North of the island, just next to…
Category: Romans
The Romans came over to Malta in 218BC, and not encountering much resistance and clearly enjoying the climate, they stayed for about 700 years. Despite this, there’s not a whole lot of evidence of their sojourn on the island, with…
