Nyora kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Tateguru wemhuri yacho akanga ari Stefano, uyo akabatira pasi paBasil II (r. 976<unk>1025) saDomestic weZvikoro zveMadokero, uye akatumidzwa zita remadunhurirwa rekuti "Kontostephanos" ("pfupi Stephen") nekuda kwekureba kwake. Anotungamirira zvikuru kukundwa kunonyadzisa kwaBasil muHondo yeGates of Trajan
pakurwisana navaBulgaria, akabatanidzwa gare gare muzvirongwa uye akarohwa namambo.