<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngenxa yokuthi amaBulgaria ayehlasela amazwe aseByzantium kusukela ngo-976, uhulumeni waseByzantium wazama ukudala ukungezwani phakathi kwawo ngokuvumela ukubaleka kombusi wawo owayethunjiwe uBoris II waseBulgaria. 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 ngokwethembeka kwabanye babusi bakhe, uBasil wasusa ukuvinjezelwa wabuyela eThrace kodwa wawela esitheni futhi wehluleka kakhulu eMpini Yamasango kaTrajan  <response>: . futhi. 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. 