Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Kutonga kwenguva refu kwaMambo weByzantine Basil II (976<unk>1025) kwakaona hondo inopfuurira muEast (kune maArabu) uye West (kune maBulgaria). Somutongi chaiyeiye wehondo, Basil akatungamirira hondo dzakawanda idzi iye pachake, chimwe chinhu chakaratidzwa mubhuku rake rokurangarira. Kutonga kwake kwakakwana
Kuzivikanwa kwake se"muurayi wevaBulgaria" kwakazoita kuti azotumidzwa zita remadunhurirwa rokuti "muurayi wevaBulgaria" nezvizvarwa zvakazotevera. Pakutanga, aifanira kuvigwa mu sarcophagus yokupedzisira yaiwanika muchechi yaConstantine I muChechi yeVaApostora Vatsvene muConstantinople. Zvisinei, Basil gare gare akakumbira mukoma wake uye mutsivi Constantine VIII kuti avigwe muChechi yaSt. John the Theologian (kureva Muevhangeri), paHebdomon, nzvimbo iri kunze kwemasvingo eConstantinople iyo yaigara ichishanda semusasa mukuru wemauto nenzvimbo yekuratidzira. Chinyorwa chiri paguva iri chaipemberera hondo dzaBasil uye kukunda kwake. Asi chinyorwa chacho chakachengetedzwa mumanyoro akazotevera. Mashoko acho achiripo mumitauro yakasiyana-siyana, uye hazvinyatsozivikanwi kuti ndiani akaanyora uye kuti akaitwa riini. Rinonzi rakanyorwa naMichael Psellos mune rimwe gwaro remuzana remakore rechi14.