Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Makore okutanga okutonga kwaBasil akanga achitongwa nehondo dzevagari vomunyika vairwa nemasoja maviri aiva nesimba aibva kuvakuru vakuru vokuAnatolia; wokutanga ainzi Bardas Skleros uye akazotevera ainzi Bardas Phokas, hondo idzi dzakapera nokukurumidza pashure porufu rwaPhokas uye kuzviisa pasi kwaSkleros muna 989. Basil akabva atarisira kugadzikana nekuwedzerwa kwemuganhu wekumabvazuva weByzantine Empire uye kukundwa kwakazara kweHumambo Hwekutanga hweBulgaria,
muvengi waro mukuru weEurope, pashure pokurwisana kwenguva refu. Kunyange zvazvo Umambo hweByzantium hwakanga hwaita runyararo neFatimid Caliphate muna 987<unk>988, Basil akatungamirira hondo yokurwisa Caliphate iyo yakaguma neimwe runyararo muna 1000. Akaitawo mushandirapamwe kurwisa Khazar Khaganate iyo yakawana chikamu cheByzantine Humambo hweCrimea uye nhevedzano yemishandirapamwe yakabudirira kurwisa Humambo hweGeorgia.