Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Waxaa markii ugu horreysay si toos ah loogu xusay qoraallada taariikhiga ah ee John Skylitzes ee 990-meeyadii (ca. 994 sida uu qabo Nicholas Adontz), markii uu magacaabay Emperor Basil II, oo waqtigaas ku lug lahaa
waxay dagaal kula galeen Bulgaariya iyagoo istiraatiijiyad ahaan u jooga magaalada Philippopolis. Sannadkii 1000, isaga iyo Nikephoros Xiphias, wuxuu hoggaamiyay ciidan si dhakhso leh u qabsaday qalcadaha Bulgaariya ee Great Preslav, Little Preslav (Presthlavitza) iyo Pliska, isagoo dhammaystiray dib u soo celinta gacanta Byzantine ee waqooyi-bari ee gobolka Bulgaariya, oo markii ugu horreysay uu qabsaday Emperor John Tzimiskes horaantii 970-meeyadii. Muddo yar ka dib, Theodorokanos wuxuu howlgab noqday da'diisa awgeed, waxaana lagu beddelay Xiphias.