Cyrenaica, which had remained an outpost of the Eastern Roman Empire during the Vandal period, also takes on the characteristics of an armed camp.

Unpopular East Roman governors impose burdensome taxation to meet military costs, but towns and public services—including the water system—are left to decay.

Constantinople's rule in Africa will prolong the Roman ideal of imperial unity there for another century and a half, however, and prevent the ascendancy of the Berber nomads in the coastal region.