<prompt> Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yakanga iri nguva iyi apo mauto eBulgaria zvakare akatanga kupamba muByzantine Greece. Basil, zvisinei, akaona izvi semukana: nekupwanya mauto eBulgaria, aigona kupa mvumo kutonga kwake kumba uku achideredza nhoroondo yechiuto yePhokades yakaitwa naBardas Phokas kumabvazuva, sezvo ichi chaive chinhu chake chikuru chekutsigira, iye pachake ari murombo. Akaenda kumadokero muna 986 ndokusvika Serdica muzhizha. Akakomba guta racho kwemazuva makumi maviri asati ava kunetseka pamusana pemashoko aipararira okuti Melissenos akanga achironga kupidigura muguta guru. Zvisinei, musi waAugust 16, akarwiswa nemauto aSamueri mambo weBulgaria paGates of Trajan  <response>: . Mauto ake akapararira, uye Basil akakundwa zvinonyadzisa. Samuil haana kungokwanisa kudzorera chikamu chikuru cheyaimbova Humambo hweBulgaria, sezvazvakanga zvakaita pamberi pekukunda kwaJohn I Tzimiskes, asi rutsigiro rwekutonga kwaBasil rwakaparadzaniswa muConstantinople nekumabvazuva. Zvakatoipisisa ndezvokuti mashoko okukunda kwacho akanga asvika kure kuBaghdad, uko munhu aimbopandukira hurumende ainzi Bardas Skleros akanga apiwa nzvimbo yokugara nehurumende yaitonga yeBuyid. 