Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Theophylact Botaneiates an ambaci shi ne kawai a cikin tarihin John Skylitzes na shekara ta 1014, a lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe na Sarkin Basil II da Bulgaria
Ka yi haƙuri. A wannan shekarar, ko kuma kafin lokacin, an naɗa shi gwamnan ("doux") na Tasalonika a matsayin magajin Dauda Arian. A waccan shekarar, Sarkin Basil II yana kai hari kan matsayin Bulgaria a ƙetaren Klyuch (Kleidion a Girkanci). Don karkatar da hankalinsa, Sarkin Bulgaria Samuel ya aika da babbar runduna a ƙarƙashin Nestoritsa zuwa Tasalonika. Botaneiates da dansa Michael sun sadu da Bulgarians kuma sun ci su a kusa da birnin, bayan haka ya shiga babban rundunar sojojin.