<prompt> I-Cretan piracy yafinyelela kwenye indawo ephezulu ngawo-930s no-940s, yabhubhisa i-Southern Greece, i-Athos, kanye nogu olusentshonalanga ye-Asia Minor. Ngenxa yalokho, uMbusi uConstantine VII r. 913959 wathumela olunye uhambo ngo-949. Nalokhu kwaqedwa ekuhlaselweni okungazelelwe, ukunqotshwa okuthi izazi-mlando zaseByzantium zithi kungenxa yokungakwazi nokungabi nolwazi komholi wayo, umthenwa uConstantine Gongyles. UConstantine VII akazange adikibale, futhi phakathi neminyaka yokugcina yokubusa kwakhe waqala ukulungiselela olunye uhambo. Kwakuzokwenziwa ngaphansi komlandeli wakhe, uRomanos II r. 95963, owaphathisa ubuholi bayo kumholi jikelele uNike Phokas.  <response>: babulawa noma bathunjwa 