The city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melite_(ancient_city)" id="mwFw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Melite (ancient city)">Melite</a> surrenders to an <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aghlabids" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aghlabids">Aghlabid</a> army <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Melite_(870)" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Melite (870)">following a siege</a>, putting an end to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Malta" id="mwGg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Malta">Byzantine Malta</a>.<sup about="#mwt15" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_29#cite_note-1" id="mwGw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwHA">[1]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"><cite about="#mwt12" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFLuttrell1975">Luttrell, Anthony (1975). <i id="mwB04">Medieval Malta<span id="mwB08" typeof="mw:DisplaySpace"> </span>: studies on Malta before the Knights</i>. London: The British School at Rome. p.<span id="mwB1A" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>83. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwB1E" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwB1I" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780904152029" id="mwB1M" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780904152029"><bdi id="mwB1Q">9780904152029</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt12" class="Z3988" id="mwB1U" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Medieval+Malta+%3A+studies+on+Malta+before+the+Knights&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.pages=83&amp;rft.pub=The+British+School+at+Rome&amp;rft.date=1975&amp;rft.isbn=9780904152029&amp;rft.aulast=Luttrell&amp;rft.aufirst=Anthony&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+29"></span></span>