Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ ndị mbụ nke ọchịchị Basil, agha obodo na-achịkwa ndị ọchịagha abụọ dị ike sitere n'ọchịchị Anatolian; nke mbụ Bardas Skleros na Bardas Phokas mgbe e mesịrị, nke kwụsịrị obere oge mgbe ọnwụ Phokas na nrubeisi nke Skleros na 989. Basil mechara lekọta nkwụsi ike na mgbasawanye nke mpaghara ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Alaeze Ukwu Byzantine na ido onwe ya n'okpuru nke Alaeze Ukwu Bulgarian nke Mbụ,
onye iro ya bụ́ isi na Europe, mgbe ọ lụsịrị ọgụ ruo ogologo oge. Ọ bụ ezie na Alaeze Ukwu Byzantine mere nkwekọrịta na Fatimid Caliphate na 987<unk>988, Basil duziri agha megide Caliphate nke kwụsịrị na nkwekọrịta ọzọ na 1000. O duziri agha megide Khazar Khaganate nke meriri alaeze Byzantine nke Crimea na usoro nke agha na-aga nke ọma megide alaeze Georgia.