<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara uyu: Samueri akaratidza kuti aiva mutungamiriri anobudirira paakakunda mauto eByzantium aitungamirirwa naBasilius II muhondo yeGirisi  <response>: Masuo aTrajan uye kutorazve kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweBulgaria. Makwikwi ake akabudirira akawedzera miganhu yeBulgaria kupinda muThessaly neEpirus uye muna 998 akakunda umambo hweDuklja. Muna 997 Samueri akaziviswa kuva Mambo weBulgaria pashure porufu rwomutongi wepamutemo, Roman. 