Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Anotanga kutaurwa zvakananga muzvinyorwa zvenhoroondo zvaJohn Skylitzes muma990s (ca. 994 maererano naNicholas Adontz), paakagadzwa naMambo Basil II, panguva iyoyo akanga akabatanidzwa muhurumende yakareba yeRoma.
hondo neBulgaria, se"strategos" muPhilipopolis. Mugore ra 1000, pamwe chete naNikephoros Xiphias, akatungamira uto rakakurumidza kutora nhare dzeBulgaria dzeGreat Preslav, Little Preslav (Presthlavitza) nePliska, vachipedzisa kudzoreredza kutonga kweByzantine pamusoro pezvikamu zvekuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwenyika yeBulgaria, yakatanga kukundwa naMambo John Tzimiskes mukutanga kwema970. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, Theodorokanos akarega basa nemhaka yezera rake rakura, uye akatsiviwa naXiphias.