<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - USamuweli waba umholi ophumelelayo owabangela ukunqotshwa okukhulu kwebutho laseByzantium elaliholwa uBasil II eSangweni likaTrajan  <response>: futhi athathe kabusha inyakatho-mpumalanga yeBulgaria. Imikhankaso yakhe eyimpumelelo yandisa imingcele yaseBulgaria yaya eThesalia nase-Epirus kwathi ngo-998 wanqoba ubukhosi baseDuklja. Ngo - 997 uSamuel wamenyezelwa njengoMbusi waseBulgaria ngemva kokufa kombusi osemthethweni, uRoman. 