 Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuramba kweBulgaria kwakamutsiridzwa pasi pehutungamiri hweumambo hweCometopuli, asi mambo mutsva Basil II akatonga 9761025 AD akaita kuzviisa pasi kwevaBulgaria chinangwa chake chikuru. Zvisinei, hondo yokutanga yaBasil yokurwisa Bulgaria yakaita kuti akundwe zvinonyadzisa paMasuo aTrajan. Kwemakore mashomanana akatevera, mambo aizova akabatikana nokumukira kwaiitika muAnatolia, uku vaBulgaria vachiwedzera umambo hwavo muBalkans. Hondo yacho yaizotora makore anoda kusvika makumi maviri. Kukunda kweByzantium kweSpercheios neSkopje kwakanyatsoderedza uto reBulgaria, uye mumishandirapamwe yegore negore, Basil akaronga zvakarongeka zvigaro zveBulgaria. Pakupedzisira, muHondo yeKleidion muna 1014 vaBulgaria vakakundwa zvachose. Hondo yeBulgaria yakabatwa, uye kunotaurwa kuti 99 pavarume 100 voga voga vakapofumadzwa, uye murume wezana akasara akasiyiwa neziso rimwe kuti atungamirire vanhu vomunyika yake kumusha. Apo Tsar Samuil akaona zvisaririra zvakaputsika zveuto rake raichimbova rakashinga, akafa nokushamiswa. Pakazosvika 1018, nhare dzokupedzisira dzeBulgaria dzakanga dzaparara, uye nyika yacho yakava chikamu cheumambo hwacho. Kukunda uku kunoshamisa kwakadzorera muganhu weDanube, uyo wakanga usina kuitwa kubvira pamazuva amambo Heraclius. 