Basques are not identified anymore with Roman civilisation and its declining urban life after the late 5th century, and they prevailed over Roman urban culture, so that paganism remained widespread among the Basques at least up to the late 7th century and the failed mission of Saint Amandus.
Baski se nisu više poistovjećivali s rimskom civilizacije i padom njezinog urbanog života nakon kasnog 5. stoljeća, te su oni nadjačali rimsku urbanu kulturu, tako da je poganstvo ostala rašireno među Baskima barem do kraja 7. stoljeća i neuspjele misije sv Amandusa.