Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yayin da Daular Byzantine ta ragu a ƙarƙashin magajin Basil, mamayewar Pechenegs da haɓaka haraji sun ba da gudummawa ga ƙaruwar rashin gamsuwa, wanda ya haifar da manyan tashe-tashen hankula da yawa a cikin 1040<unk>41, 1070s, da 1080s. Cibiyar farko ta juriya ita ce taken Bulgaria, a cikin abin da ke yanzu Makidoniya, inda babban tashin hankali na Peter Delyan
(1040<unk>41) da Tashin hankali na Georgi Voiteh (1072) sun faru. Dukkanin hukumomin Byzantine sun shawo kansu da wahala sosai. Wadannan sun biyo bayan tawaye a Paristrion da Thrace. A lokacin Maido da Comnenian da kwanciyar hankali na ɗan lokaci na Daular Byzantine a farkon rabin karni na 12, an kwantar da hankalin 'yan Bulgarian kuma ba a yi manyan tawaye ba har sai daga baya a cikin karni.