Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chiitiko chikuru chezvematongerwo enyika uye chemauto panguva yekutonga kwaGeorge I, hondo yekurwisa Humambo hweByzantine, yaive nemidzi yayo kumashure kuma990s, apo muchinda weGeorgia Curopalate David weTao, zvichitevera kupandukira kwake kwakakundikana Emperor Basil II, aifanira kubvuma kupa zvinhu zvake zvakawanda muTao nenyika dzakapoteredza kuna mambo parufu rwake. Nhamburiko dzose dzomwanakomana waDavid wokurera uye baba vaGeorge, Bagrat III, dzokudzivisa idzi ndima kuti dzisabatanidzwe muumambo dzakaenda pasina. Achiri muduku uye ane chinzvimbo, George akatanga mushandirapamwe wokudzorera dzinza reKuropalates<unk> kuGeorgia uye akatora Tao muna 1015-1016. Panguva iyoyo vaByzantium vakanga vari muhondo isingachinji neUmambo hweBulgaria, vachingodzora zviito zvavo kumadokero. Asi nokukurumidza apo Bulgaria yakakundwa
, Basil II akatungamirira uto rake kurwisa Georgia (1021). Hondo inonetesa yakatora makore maviri, uye yakaguma nekukunda kweByzantium, ichimanikidza George kuti abvumirane nechibvumirano cherunyararo, umo aisangofanira kusiya zvaaida kuTao, asi kupa zvinhu zvake zvakawanda zvekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kuna Basil, uye kupa mwanakomana wake ane makore matatu, Bagrat IV, senhapwa.