Ku buuxi weedhan soo socda: Nikephoros wuxuu markii ugu horreysay ka muuqdaa buugga Emperor Basil II
Dagaaladii Bulgaariya, 999/1000, 1000/1 ama 1002, waxay ku xiran tahay isha. Waqtigaas wuxuu ahaa "protospatharios", oo ay weheliyaan "patrikios" Theodorokanos, wuxuu amar ku bixiyay olole si qoto dheer ugu galay dhulalka Bulgaariya. Labada jeneraal waxay ka baxeen Mosynopolis, waxay ka gudbeen Buuraha Balkan waxayna qabsadeen caasimadihii hore ee Bulgaariya ee Pliska iyo Great Preslav, iyo sidoo kale Little Preslav. Waxay markaas boobayeen Dobruja, iyagoo ka tagay ciidamo ka tirsan oo dib ugu laabtay saldhigooda. Ma cadda haddii uu horeyba u ahaa guddoomiyaha militariga ("strategos") ee Philippopolis waqtigaas, ama loo magacaabay ka dib markii uu si guul leh u soo gabagabeeyay ololaha, sida John Skylitzes uu soo wariyay, markii Theodorokanos, oo loo yaqaan inuu horey u qabtay jagada, uu howlgab noqday da'diisa awgeed.