Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Mumakumi matatu emakore okupedzisira ezana remakore rechi10, Umambo hweCroatia hwaitongwa naStjepan Držislav, shamwari yeUmambo hweByzantium, iyo yakabva yamuziva saMambo weCroatia neDalmatia. Mushure mekufa kwake muna 997, mwanakomana wake uye mutsivi Svetoslav Suronja akaenderera mberi nehurongwa hwababa vake hweByzantine, asi vakoma vake vadiki Krešimir naGojslav vakatanga kuronga kupandukira iye, sezvo akaramba kugovana masimba pahumambo. Hama dzakakumbira Samuil, mutongi mutsva woUmambo hweBulgaria, hunonziwo Umambo hweMadokero hweBulgaria <unk> hweMacedonia, kuti avabatsire, dzichiziva kuti akanga ari muhondo
neUmambo hweByzantium.