Ka kammala wannan magana: Bayan mutuwar Simeon, yaƙin da aka yi da Magyars da Pechenegs da kuma yaɗuwar koyarwar Bogomil ya raunana ƙasar Bulgaria. Sojojin Byzantine sun kama Preslav a cikin 971 bayan mamayewar Rus 'da Byzantine. Daular ta ɗan sami sauƙi daga hare-haren da Samuil ya kai, amma wannan ya ƙare lokacin da sarkin Byzantine Basil II ya ci sojojin Bulgaria a Klyuch a 1014. Samuil ya mutu ba da daɗewa ba bayan yaƙin, kuma ta hanyar 1018 da Byzantines
ya ci nasara da Daular Bulgaria ta Farko. Bayan cin nasarar, Basil II ya hana tayar da hankali ta hanyar riƙe mulkin masarautar gida, haɗa su cikin tsarin Byzantine da aristocracy, da kuma kwance ƙasashensu daga wajibcin biyan haraji a cikin zinare, yana ba da izinin haraji a maimakon haka. An rage Patriarchate na Bulgarian zuwa babban bishopric, amma ya riƙe matsayinsa na autocephalous da na Ikklesiya.