Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Yankunan da ke yammacin Kogin Iskar sun kasance masu 'yanci kuma' yan Bulgarian sun sami damar sake haɗuwa da 'yan uwan Cometopuli huɗu. A shekara ta 976, ƙarami daga cikinsu, Sama'ila, ya tattara dukkan iko a hannunsa bayan mutuwar 'yan uwansa. Lokacin da a cikin 976 magajin da ya cancanci gadon sarauta, ɗan'uwan BorisII Roman (r.971<unk>997), ya tsere daga bauta a Constantinople, Samuel ya gane shi a matsayin Sarkin sarakuna, wanda ya kasance babban kwamandan sojojin Bulgaria. Zaman lafiya ba zai yiwu ba; sakamakon ƙarshen alama na Daular Bulgaria bayan BorisII ya yi watsi da mulki, Roman, kuma daga baya Samuel, an gan su a matsayin 'yan tawaye kuma Sarkin Byzantine ya tilasta aiwatar da ikon mallakar mulkin mallaka a kansu. Wannan ya haifar da fiye da
Shekaru 40 na yaƙe-yaƙe masu zafi. Janar mai iyawa da kuma dan siyasa mai kyau, da farko Samuel ya sami nasarar juya dukiyar ga Bulgarians. Sabon Sarkin Byzantine Basil II ya sha kashi a cikin Yaƙin Ƙofofin Trajan a cikin 986 kuma da kyar ya tsere da ransa. Mawallafin Byzantine John Geometres ya rubuta game da shan kashi: