Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo yeTesaronika () yakaitika muna 995 kana kuti pamberi pacho, pedyo neguta reTesaronika, kuGreece. Hondo yacho yaiva chikamu chehondo refu yeBulgaria neByzantium
yomugumo wezana ramakore rechi10 uye kutanga kwezana ramakore rechi11. VaBulgaria vachitungamirirwa nomutongi wavo, Tsar Samuil, vakabudirira kuvandira nokuparadza nhare yeByzantium yeTesaronika, vakauraya mutungamiriri wayo, Gregory Taronites, ndokutora mwanakomana wake Ashot.