Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan mutuwar Simeon, Bulgaria ta raunana ta yaƙe-yaƙe tare da Magyars da Pechenegs da yaduwar Bogomil bidi'a. 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 a shekara ta 1018 Byzantines sun ci Daular Bulgaria ta Farko
Ka yi haƙuri. 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.