<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukumelana kwaseBulgaria kwavuselelwa ngaphansi kokubusa kobukhosi beCometopuli, kodwa uMbusi omusha uBasil II wenza ukuzithoba kwamaBulgaria kwaba umgomo wakhe oyinhloko. Nokho, uhambo lokuqala lukaBasil lokulwa neBulgaria lwaholela ekunqotshweni kwakhe eMinyango kaTrajan  <response>: . futhi. Eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela, umbusi wayekhathazeke ngokuvukela kwabantu base - Anatolia, kuyilapho abaseBulgaria benweba umbuso wabo eBalkans. Impi yaqhubeka iminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-20. Ukunqoba kwamaByzantium eSpercheios naseSkopje kwawenza buthaka kakhulu amabutho aseBulgaria, futhi emkhankasweni waminyaka yonke, uBasil wanciphisa izinqaba zaseBulgaria ngendlela ehlelekile. Empini yaseKleidion ngo - 1014 amaBulgaria abhujiswa: ibutho lawo lathunjwa, futhi kuthiwa amadoda angu - 99 kwangu - 100 aphuphuthekiswa, kwasala indoda eyikhulu eneso elilodwa ukuze ikwazi ukuhola abantu bakubo ibuyele ekhaya. Lapho uMbusi uSamuel ebona izinsalela zebutho lakhe elake laba namandla, wethuka wafa. Ngo - 1018, izinqaba zokugcina zaseBulgaria zazinikezela, futhi izwe laba yingxenye yoMbuso. Lokhu kunqoba kwabuyisela umngcele waseDanube, owawungazange ube khona kusukela ezinsukwini zoMbusi uHeraclius. 