Malacca
During the Second Romano-Carthaginian War or Second Punic War (218-201 BC), Malaka and most western Phoenician cities , allied to Carthage, surrendered . An event that the historians José Luis López Castro and Bartolomé Mora Serrano place in 208 or 207 BC From then on, the process of "romanization" began: transforming the Phoenician territories into Roman cities. Little by little, Malaka became Malacca. This process was peaceful and, as the article Malaka and the Phoenician cities in the western Mediterranean points out. 6th centuries BC - 1st AD . (2002), the traditions of the previous stage survived:
"At the same time, and as the archaeological data show, the inhabitants of Malacca continued to write and speak the Phoenician language: this is evidenced by the graffiti on ceramics from the 1st century BC found in the theater sector, similar to other contemporaries found in Sexs , Abdera or Baria ".
It was not until Flavian times that Malacca obtained its municipal statute: the Lex Flavia Malacitana , granted by the Emperor Vespasian in 74 AD and put into effect in the mandate of Domitian . It consisted of the first written law of this territory that granted Roman citizenship to the inhabitants of Malacca, as explained by Francisco Guillén Robles in his book Malaga Muslim (1880).
Today, the urban structure of Malacca remains a mystery. Despite the remains found, there is still a long way to go to know what the city really was like.
Source: Article Data for the historical reconstruction of Roman Malaga. An approximation to its urbanism (2003).
Source: Article Data for the historical reconstruction of Roman Malaga. An approximation to its urbanism (2003).
The article The construction of the Muslim wall of Malaga, a milestone in the history of the city (2003) highlights that part of the wall from the Phoenician era stood after the Roman conquest and that between the 3rd and 4th centuries a new wall. The only documented tower of this construction is the following:
Aspect of the only documented tower of the Roman enclosure, made of brick and semicircular plant, located in Molina Lario street. Source: Article The construction of the Muslim wall of Malaga, a milestone in the history of the city (2003).