Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Matsin lamba da aka yiwa Daular Roman ta Yamma ta hanyar mamayewar Barbarian (musamman ta Vandals da Visigoths a Iberia) a ƙarni na 5 AD ya rage ikon Rome kuma ya haifar da kafa Masarautar Vandal ta Arewacin Afirka a 430 AD, tare da babban birninta a Carthage. Shekaru ɗari bayan haka, sarkin Byzantine Justinian I ya aika (533) wani karfi a karkashin Janar Belisarius cewa
ya yi nasarar hallaka Masarautar Vandal a 534. Mulkin Byzantine ya yi shekara 150. Berbers sun ƙalubalanci ikon ikon Byzantine.