 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Hondo yeArkadiopolis yakarwiwa muna 970 pakati peuto reByzantine raive pasi paBardas Skleros neuto reRus, iro rekupedzisira raisanganisirawo mauto akabatana eBulgaria, Pecheneg, neHungary Magyar. Mumakore akapfuura, mutongi weRus Sviatoslav akanga akunda Bulgaria, uye zvino yakanga ichityisidzira Byzantiumwo. Mauto eRus akanga achifambira mberi achipfuura neThrace akananga kuConstantinople paakasangana nemauto aSkleros. Ane varume vashoma kupfuura vaRus, Skleros akagadzirira kumira ndokurwisa uto raRus nechikamu chesimba rake. VaByzantine vakabva vanyengedza kudzokera shure, uye vakabudirira kukwevera boka revaPetcheneg kupinda mumusungo, vachivaparadza. Vakasara veuto reRus vakabva vatambura kurasikirwa kukuru kubva kuvaByzantine vaivatevera. Hondo iyi yaive yakakosha sezvo yakapa nguva kuna mambo weByzantium John I Tzimiskes kuti agadzirise matambudziko ake emukati uye kuunganidza boka guru revarwi, iro rakazokunda Sviatoslav gore rakatevera. 