Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mekufa kwaDavid III muna 1001, nzvimbo yake yakagara nhaka namambo weByzantine Basil II, matunhu aya akarongeka kuita theme yeIberia ine guta guru paTheodosiopolis, kumanikidza mutsivi weGeorgian Bagratid mutongi Bagrat III kuti azive kugadziriswa kutsva. Mwanakomana waBagrat, George I, zvisinei, akagara nhaka kodzero yekugara nhaka yaDhavhidhi. Achiri muduku uye ane chinzvimbo, George akatanga mushandirapamwe wokudzorera dzinza reKuropalates<unk> kuGeorgia uye akatora Tao muna 1015-1016. Panguva iyoyo vaByzantium vakanga vari muhondo isingachinji neUmambo hweBulgaria, vachingodzora zviito zvavo kumadokero. Asi nokukurumidza
Bulgaria yakakundwa, Basil II akatungamirira hondo yake kurwisa Georgia (1021). Hondo inonetesa yakatora makore maviri, uye yakaguma nokukunda kwakasimba kweByzantium, kuchimanikidza George kubvumirana nechibvumirano chorugare, umo aifanira kurega zvaaiti ndezvaTao.