Well-Preserved Visigoth Sarcophagus Found at Roman Villa in Spain

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3. Romanized Barbarians

Is probably a better description of the peoples who collectively inherited portions of the Late Roman Empire. These folks would have practiced a similar form of Christianity (Arianism taught to them by the followers of a Bishop Arius), dressed similarly to Romans, kept Roman law (for the Roman citizens they now governed) and generally governed in the name of the Emperor (who now resided in Constantinople).

In essence, they replaced the Roman administrators with their own. Not that the transition went smoothly or there wasn't substantial suffering. Roman practices were probably mostly continued. The Barbarians had their own culture but they were really too few in number to dominate the local Roman population. Instead, they tried to be accommodating at times and cooperate with the local Bishops to maintain some semblance of a functioning Roman society.

This would all change as Byzantium (under Justinian) began his reconquest in the mid 6th century. The Visigoths would endure Byzantine attacks, Justinian's plague and finally succumb to the the Arab conquest in the 8th century.