Kammala wannan jumla: A cikin karni na 5, an mamaye Daular Yammacin Turai ta hanyar mamayewar kabilun Jamus. Koyaya, sabon masarautar Ostrogothic ta riƙe yankin Italiya, wanda har yanzu "de jure" wani ɓangare ne na Daular, kuma Sarkin Ostrogothic Theodoric Mai Girma har ma ya sake kafa lardin Gaul a cikin ƙaramin ɓangaren Gaul da ya ci nasara a cikin 510s. Bayan da Daular Gabas ta sake mamaye Arewacin Afirka a lokacin
Yaƙin Vandalic na 533<unk>534, sabon lardunan ya haɗu da sarki Justinian I a cikin sabon lardin mai mulkin Afirka, wanda daga baya za a canza shi zuwa Exarchate na Afirka. An kuma sake kafa Prefecture na Italiya bayan ƙarshen Gothic War, kafin shi ma ya zama exarchate. A Gabas, lardunan za su ci gaba da aiki har zuwa tsakiyar karni na 7, lokacin da asarar yawancin lardunan gabas zuwa cin nasarar Musulmi da na Balkans zuwa kabilun Slavic ya haifar da ƙirƙirar tsarin Theme. A halin yanzu, duk da haka, gyare-gyare a karkashin Heraclius sun cire mai kula da shi daga wasu ofisoshinsa na kudi, waɗanda aka kafa a matsayin sassan masu zaman kansu a ƙarƙashin logothetes. Lokaci na ƙarshe da aka tabbatar da Prefect na Gabas kai tsaye ya fito ne daga dokar 629. Dangane da wasu masana duk da haka, alamun tsarin sun tsira har zuwa farkon ƙarni na 9: Ernst Stein ya nuna cewa wasu fannoni na gundumar Illyrian sun tsira a cikin gwamnatin Thessalonica, yayin da John Haldon, bisa ga shaidar sigillographic da nassoshi a cikin Byzantine "Taktika", ya rubuta tsira da tsohuwar gwamnatin lardin farar hula a cikin tsarin batun, tare da prefect a Constantinople mai yiwuwa a cikin ikon kulawa, har zuwa 840s.