Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwezana ramakore rechi10, misoro yeCephallenia neNicopolis inoonekwa zvakanyanya senzvimbo dzekurwisa kumaodzanyemba kweItari neSicily, nepo Mardaites kubva kumatimu ese ari maviri akanyorwa muhurongwa hukuru asi husina kubudirira hwe949 kurwisa Emirate yeKrete. Muna 98 C.E., guta reNicopolis rakarwiswa nevaBulgaria, avo vakatotora dzimwe nzvimbo dzaro kusvikira vadzingwa kana kuti vakundwa nevaByzantine makore akazotevera. Kunongova kuchamhembe kwakanyanyisa kweEpirus kunoratidzika kunge kwakagara pasi pehutongi hweBulgaria munguva iyoyo, asi pasi paCzar Samuel, uyo akafambisa nzvimbo yesimba reBulgaria kumaodzanyemba nekumadokero kuenda kuOhrid, pamwe Epirus yese kusvika kuGulf yeAmbracian yakauya pasi pehutongi hweBulgaria. Izvi zvinoratidzwa nenyaya yokuti nzvimbo dzaiva pasi pokutonga kweBulgaria dzaiva chikamu cheMabhishopu Mukuru weOhrid pashure pokunge vaByzantine vakunda Bulgaria
naMambo Basil II muna 1018: nokudaro muEpirus maonero eChimara, Hadrianopolis, Bela, Buthrotum, Ioannina, Kozyle, uye Rogoi akapfuura pasi pesimba reOhrid, nepo Metropolitan weNaupaktos akachengetedza chete maonero eBonditza, Aetos, uye Acheloos. Basil II akagadzawo misoro mitsva, miduku munharaunda yacho: Koloneia, uye Dryinopolis (Hadrianopolis).