Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mambo pakutanga akafananidzwa, nomuFrench Byzantinist André Grabar, naBasilius II (976<unk>1025), uye kudzoka kwake mukukunda kubva kuhurumende yake
hondo dzinorwisana nevaBulgaria. Zvisinei, kutsvakurudza kwakaitwa mazuva ano kwakaratidza kuti jira racho rinomiririra John I Tzimiskes (r. 969<unk>976) uye kudzoka kwake muna 971 kubva kuhondo yake kurwisa vaRus', avo vakanga vapinda uye vakagara muBulgaria.