Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukutanga kwezana ramakore rechi10, misoro yeCephallenia neNicopolis inoonekwa zvakanyanya senzvimbo dzekurwisa kumaodzanyemba kweItari neSicily, nepo Mardaites kubva kumatimu ese ari maviri akanyorwa muhurongwa hukuru asi husina kubudirira hwe949 kurwisa Emirate yeKrete. Muna 98 C.E., guta reNicopolis rakarwiswa nevaBulgaria, avo vakatotora dzimwe nzvimbo dzaro kusvikira vadzingwa kana kuti vakundwa nevaByzantine makore akazotevera. Kunongova kuchamhembe kwakanyanyisa kweEpirus kunoratidzika kunge kwakagara pasi pehutongi hweBulgaria munguva iyoyo, asi pasi paTsar Samuel, uyo akafambisa nzvimbo yesimba reBulgaria kumaodzanyemba nekumadokero kuenda kuOhrid, pamwe Epirus yese kusvika kuGulf yeAmbracian yakauya pasi pehutongi hweBulgaria. Ikoku kunoratidzirwa neidi rokuti nharaunda dzaiva pasi pokutonga kwechiBulgaria dzakaumba rutivi rweArchbishopric yakazvimirira yeOhrid pashure peMubatanidzwa weOhrid.
Kukunda kweByzantium kweBulgaria naMambo Basil II muna 1018: nokudaro muEpirus maonero eChimara, Hadrianopolis, Bela, Buthrotum, Ioannina, Kozyle, uye Rogoi akapfuura pasi pesimba reOhrid, nepo Metropolitan weNaupaktos akachengetedza chete maonero eBonditza, Aetos, uye Acheloos. Basil II akagadzawo misoro mitsva, miduku munharaunda yacho: Koloneia, uye Dryinopolis (Hadrianopolis).