p ation , ▁and ▁partly ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁ever ▁mount ing ▁ra ids ▁of ▁various ▁Turk men ▁groups . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁he ▁approached ▁Bas il , ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁relative , ▁the ▁Arts run i ▁r uler ▁of ▁And ze vat si , ▁offering ▁to ▁surrender ▁their ▁real ms ▁to ▁the ▁Empire ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁large ▁domains ▁in ▁eastern ▁Asia ▁Minor . ▁Mount ing ▁Turkish ▁pressure , ▁and ▁especially ▁a ▁dev ast ating ▁ra id ▁in ▁ 1 0 1 8 / 1 9 , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁army ▁proved ▁unable ▁to ▁counter ▁the ▁Turkish ▁horse ▁arch ers , ▁eventually ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁c ession ▁of ▁V asp ur ak an ▁being ▁realized ▁in ▁the ▁winter ▁of ▁ 1 0 2 1 / 2 2 . ▁The ▁entire ▁real m , ▁compr ising ▁ 7 2 ▁for tr esses ▁and ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 4 , 4 0 0 ▁villages , ▁according ▁to ▁contemporary ▁accounts , ▁was ▁an nex ed ▁by ▁the ▁By z ant ines ▁and ▁became ▁the ▁new ▁theme ▁( prov ince ) ▁of ▁Asp rak ania ▁or ▁Upper ▁Media . ▁Bas il ▁Ar gy ros ▁became ▁the ▁new ▁province ' s ▁first ▁governor . ▁ ▁In ▁re comp ense , ▁Sen ek er im ▁received ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁patri ki os ▁and ▁the ▁post ▁of ▁strateg os ▁of ▁the ▁theme ▁of ▁C app ad ocia , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁possession ▁of ▁the ▁cities ▁of ▁Seb aste ia , ▁Lar issa , ▁A bara