Ka cika wannan jumlar: Poland da Daular Roma Mai Tsarki sun ƙulla Zaman Lafiya na Bautzen a Janairu 1018. Daga baya a cikin wannan shekarar, mahayan dawakai 500 na Hungary sun bi Boleslav na Poland zuwa Kiev, suna nuna cewa an haɗa Hungary cikin yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya. Masanin tarihi Ferenc Makk ya ce Zaman Lafiya na Bautzen ya tilasta Boleslav ya ba da duk yankunan da ya mallaka a kwarin Morava ga Stephen. A cewar Leodvin, Bishop na farko da aka sani na Bihar (r. 1050 <unk> 1060), Stephen ya haɗu da Byzantines kuma ya jagoranci rundunar soji don taimaka musu a kan "barbarians" a cikin Balkan Peninsula. Sojojin Byzantine da na Hungary sun haɗu tare da "Cesaries" wanda Györffy ya bayyana a matsayin garin Ohrid na yau. Rahoton Leodvin ya nuna cewa Stephen ya shiga cikin Byzantines a cikin yakin da ya ƙare tare da
nasarar da suka yi na Bulgaria a 1018. Duk da haka, ba a san ainihin lokacin da ya yi tafiyarsa ba. Györffy ya yi jayayya cewa a cikin shekarar da ta gabata ce kawai Stephen ya jagoranci sojojinsa a kan 'yan Bulgaria.