<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ukuphikiswa kweBulgaria kwavuselelwa ngaphansi kobuholi bobukhosi beCometopuli, kodwa umbusi omusha uBasil II owabusa ngo-9761025 AD wenza ukuzithoba kwamaBulgaria kwaba umgomo wakhe oyinhloko. Nokho, uhambo lokuqala lukaBasil lokulwa neBulgaria lwaholela ekunqotshweni okuyihlazo eMpumalanga Yurophu.  <response>: Amasango kaTrajan. Eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela, umbusi wayeyobe ematasa evukela umbuso e - Anatolia, kuyilapho abaseBulgaria benweba umbuso wabo eBalkans. Impi yayizodonsa iminyaka ecishe ibe ngu - 20. Ukunqoba kwamaByzantium eSpercheios naseSkopje kwawenza buthaka kakhulu amabutho aseBulgaria, futhi emkhankasweni waminyaka yonke, uBasil wanciphisa izinqaba zaseBulgaria ngendlela ehlelekile. Ekugcineni, eMpini yaseKleidion ngo - 1014, amaBulgaria anqotshwa ngokuphelele. Ibutho laseBulgaria lathunjwa, futhi kuthiwa amadoda angu - 99 kwangu - 100 aphuphuthekiswa, kwasala indoda eyikhulu kuphela eyasala iso elilodwa ukuze iholele abantu bakubo ekhaya. Lapho uMbusi uSamuel ebona izinsalela zebutho lakhe elake laba nesibindi, wethuka wafa. Ngo - 1018, izindawo zokugcina zaseBulgaria ezazinamandla zazinikezela, futhi izwe laba yingxenye yombuso. Lokhu kunqoba okukhulu kwabuyisela umngcele waseDanube, owawungazange ube khona kusukela ezinsukwini zombusi uHeraclius. 