 Pakapera zana ramakore rechigumi uye kutanga kwezana ramakore regumi nerimwe, kubatanidzwa kweArmenian muuto reByzantine kwakauya kubva kunzvimbo nhatu dzakasiyana: vakabatana mapoka kubva kuBagratid Armenia, varwi vaigara vachitsvaga neuto reByzantine, pamwe nevatorwa kubva kumatunhu eArmenia anotongwa nemaArabu. Kuwa kweBagratid Armenia uye kupararira kwevaArmenian muEastern Anatolia kwakazadza mauto eByzantine nemauto eArmenian kana kuti tagmata Armeniôn. Munguva iyi, vamwe machinda eAndiyoki, pamwe chete neaya eChaldea neMesopotamia anofungidzirwa kuva aiva nezvikwata zvakadaro zvaaitungamirira. Nemhaka yokuvapo kwevaArmenia muuto reByzantium munharaunda idzodzo, idzi nyaya nhatu kana kuti matunhu ainzi armenika themata. Chikwata chevaArmenia muuto reByzantine chakarwa uye chakatyisidzira maArabu eKrete muna 960-961 apo Nicephorus Phocas akapinda muchitsuwa ichi, uye muna 965, chikwata chakatumirwa kuKirikia zvakare. Pasi paJohn Tzimisces, boka revaArmenia rakabatanidzwawo mumishandirapamwe yokurwisa Rusmuna 971, uye pasi paBasil II, muna 986, pakanga pane kubatanidzwa kweArmenia mumishandirapamwe yokurwisa vaBulgaria. Varwi vaibhadharwa veArmenia vakanga varipowo muguta guru reByzantine reConstantinople, uye kwaiva nemakoroni ehondo eArmenia muCyprus. 