 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Basil akabatsira mambo mutsva kubvisa vatsigiri nehama dzaFokas. Akabatsirawo kuti Theophano, chirikadzi yaRomanos II naFokas, vaende pamudyandigere, uye akakurudzira Tzimiskes kuti asimbise chinzvimbo chake nokuroora Theodora, mwanasikana waConstantine VII. Pasi paTzimiskes, Basil akaita basa rinotungamirira mukutonga kwehurumende, zvikurukuru mukutungamirirwa kwemari, nepo Tzimiskes pachake ainyanya kufunga nezvemitemo yekunze uye mishandirapamwe yake yehondo. Basil amene akatora rutivi murwisano huruKurwisana neRus muBulgaria muna 971, achinge apiwa masimba okuchengetera, chitima chemikwende uye gadziriro dzokugovera, apo Tzimiskes amene namapoka ake akasarudzwa akafamba mberi. 