Immediately following the fall of the Western Roman Empire Odoacer actually pretty much ran things business as usual and operated as a vassal of Rome (the Eastern half of the Empire still remained)
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This topic interests me, however I have no expertise on it and eagerly await a reply to this post from someone more knowledgeable.
That being said, believe most cities and adjacent regions continued on business as usual with reduced capacity and less security support from the capital.