 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Basil aibva kuConstantinople, mwanakomana womumwe Gregory Onomagoulos. Muna 717 akanga ari nhengo yeboka raSergius, gavhuna weByzantium weSicily, apo mashoko akasvika kuchitsuwa chokuwa kweConstantinople, guta guru reumambo hweByzantium, kukombwa nevaArab. Panguva ino Sergius akazivisa Basil samambo, achitora zita rokuti Tiberius. Mambo Leo III Isaurian r. 717741 zvisinei akakurumidza kutumira chartoularios ainzi Paul, uyo waakatumidza kuti patrikios uye strategos weSicily, aine varume vashoma nemirairo yeumambo yeuto. Paakasvika, vanhu vokuSirakusi neuto vakabvuma kutungamirirwa nevapanduki vacho. Basil nomukuru wake mukuru vakagurwa misoro ndokutumirwa namambo, nepo vamwe vapanduki vakaveurwa kana kuti kutyorwa mitezo ndokutamiswa. Sergius pachake akakwanisa kutizira kuvaLombard muItaly, uye akadzoka bedzi pashure pokunge agamuchira vimbiso dzokuti hapana chakaipa chaizoitika kwaari. 