Ka cika wannan jumlar: A cikin shekaru talatin na ƙarshe na ƙarni na 10, Stjepan Držislav, abokin haɗin Daular Byzantine, ya mallaki Mulkin Croatia, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama Sarkin Croatia da Dalmatia. Bayan mutuwarsa a cikin 997, dansa kuma magaji Svetoslav Suronja ya ci gaba da manufofin mahaifinsa na Byzantine, amma 'yan uwansa Krešimir da Gojslav sun fara shirya tawaye a kansa, tunda ya ƙi raba ikon Masarautar. 'Yan'uwan sun nemi taimako daga Samuil, sabon sarkin Daular Bulgaria, wanda kuma ake kira Western Bulgarian <unk> Macedonian Empire, da sanin cewa shi ne
a yaki da Daular Byzantine.