<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngenxa yokuthi amaBulgaria ayehlasela amazwe aseByzantium kusukela ngo - 976, uhulumeni waseByzantium wazama ukubangela ukungezwani phakathi kwawo ngokuvumela umbusi wawo owayethunjiwe uBoris II waseBulgaria ukuba abaleke. Leli qhinga lehluleka ngakho uBasil wasebenzisa isikhathi sokuphumula engxabanweni yakhe nabahlonishwayo ukuze ahole ibutho lamadoda angu-30 000 eBulgaria futhi ahlasele iSredets iSofia ngo-986. Ethwele ukulahlekelwa futhi ekhathazekile ngobuqotho babambalwa babaphathi bakhe, uBasil wasusa ukuvinjezelwa wabuyela eThrace kodwa wawela esithendeni futhi wahlulwa kanzima e-  <response>: Impi Yamasango KaTrajan. UBasil waphunyuka ngosizo lwabagadi bakhe baseVarangian futhi wazama ukubuyisa lokho okwakulahlekile ngokuguqula umfowabo kaSamuel u-Aron amelane naye. U-Aron walingwa u-Basil ngokumthembisa udadewabo u-Anna, kodwa izingxoxo zahluleka lapho u-Aron ethola ukuthi umakoti ayethunyelwe yena wayengumkhwabanisi. Ngo - 987, uSamuel wayeseyiqedile i - Aron. Nakuba umbusi ongumRoma waseBulgaria athunjwa ngo - 991, uBasil walahlekelwa yiMoesia ngenxa yamaBulgaria. 