Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Daular Byzantine karkashin daular Macedonian ta tsunduma cikin wani
Yaƙi mai tsawo da wahala tare da Daular Bulgaria ta Farko. A cikin shekara ta 1000, janar-janar na Byzantine Theodorokanos da Nikephoros Xiphias sun kama tsoffin manyan biranen Bulgaria na Pliska da Great Preslav, tare da Little Preslav, suna faɗaɗa ikon Byzantine a kan yankin arewa maso gabashin jihar Bulgaria (Mysia da Scythia Minor). A lokaci guda, Byzantium ya taimaka wajen kiristanci na Kievan Rus' da sauran jihohin Slavic na zamanin da.