You’re looking at the neoclassical façade of the Domus Romana museum. Inside, you’ll find the ruins of an aristocratic Roman townhome built in the 1st century B.C. and situated on the outskirts of Melite, Malta’s Roman capital. To explain, Rome took Malta from the Carthaginians (Phoenicians) during the Punic Wars in the 2nd century B.C. A Roman official likely lived in the grand home here, which remained in use until the 2nd century A.D.