Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Dagaalkii Spercheios ka dib 997, Samuu'eel wuxuu soddoggiis ka dhigay Ashot Taronites, oo ahaa maxbuus Byzantine ah oo guursaday gabadhiisa Miroslava, oo ah guddoomiyaha magaalada. Qiyaastii 1005, si kastaba ha noqotee, Ashot iyo Miroslava, oo ay weheliso Chryselios, waxay ku carareen markab Byzantine ah oo ku sii jeeday Constantinople, iyagoo wata warqad uu qoray Chryselios oo ballanqaaday inuu ku wareejin doono magaalada boqorkii Byzantine, Basil II (r. 976 <unk> 1025), taas oo lagu beddelay darajada "patrikios" isaga iyo labadiisa wiil. Muddo yar ka dib, ciidankii Byzantine-ka ayaa ka soo muuqday magaalada Eustathios Daphnomeles, magaaladuna waxay ku soo noqotay xukunkii Byzantine, laakiin Chryselios ayaa geeriyooday. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, waxaa macquul ah in dhacdadan ay dhab ahaantii dhacday 1018kii, dhamaadkii
Dagaalkii Bulgaariya, maadaama taariikhda ilaha aasaasiga ah ee dagaalka, John Skylitzes, aysan cadeyn; halka taariikhda Talyaaniga ee Lupus Protospatharius ay siineyso taariikh gebi ahaanba ka duwan dib u soo kabashada Dyrrhachium, 1004/5, mana sheegin Chryselios gabi ahaanba.