[1] The province ceased to exist around 679–681, when the region was overrun by the Bulgars, which the Emperor Constantine IV was forced to recognize in 681.

[5] The indigenous population of Scythia Minor was Dacian and their material culture is apparent archaeologically into the sixth century.

Substantial repairs were made under Emperors Anastasius I and Justinian I, who granted the province fiscal immunity.

By the fifth century, most of the troops stationed in Scythia were foederati of Germanic, Turkic, Hunnic or (perhaps) Slavic origin.

[2] Several prominent theologians hailed from Scythia, including John Cassian, Dionysius Exiguus and the Scythian monks.