<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: USamuweli waba umholi ophumelelayo owabangela ukunqotshwa okukhulu kwebutho laseByzantium elaliholwa uBasil II e  <response>: Amasango kaTrajan nokuthatha 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. 