Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Ná ngwụsị narị afọ nke 10, ihe kasị yie Gris egwu bụ Samuel, bụ́ onye ya na Basil nke Abụọ nọgidere na-alụ ọgụ maka ógbè ahụ. N'afọ 985, Samuel weghaara Tesalonaịka na obodo Larissa dị mkpa, n'afọ 989 kwa, ọ wakporo Tesalonaịka. Basil jiri nwayọ malite iweghachite mpaghara ndị a na 991, mana Samuel weghaara mpaghara ndị gbara Thessalonica na Peloponnese ọzọ na 997 tupu a manye ya ịlaghachi Bulgaria. N'afọ 999, Samuel weghaara Dyrrhachium ma wakpoo ebe ugwu Gris ọzọ. Basil weghachitere mpaghara ndị a site na 1002 ma merie ndị Bulgaria kpamkpam n'ime afọ iri tupu ọnwụ ya (lee
Ndị Byzantium meriri Bulgaria).