was malta ever under italy
Ancient Malta. During the last Ice Age Malta was a high mountain joined to Italy by land. However when the Ice Age ended about 10,000 years ago the sea level rose and Malta became a group of islands. However about 5,200 BC stone age farmers arrived in Malta from Sicily and they began to farm the soil.ritish Malta. In 1802 the British and French made a temporary peace by the Treaty of Amiens. They agreed that the Knights of St John should return to Malta. However the Maltese did not want the Knights back and they asked the British to stay.