Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - E yiri iguzosi ike n'ezi ihe nke Alaeze Ukwu Byzantine egwu mgbe nnupụisi zuru oke nke Bardas Skleros duziri na 976. Mgbe ndị nnupụisi ahụ merichara n'ọtụtụ agha, ha meriri Eshia Maịnọ. N'ihe mberede nke ọnọdụ ahụ, onye isi Georgian bụ David nke Atọ nke Tao nyeere Basil aka; mgbe mkpebi siri ike nke ndị na-eguzosi ike n'ihe meriri na Agha nke Pankaleia, a kwụghachiri ya ụgwọ site na ọchịchị nke alaeze ukwu dị n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Asia Minor. Otú ọ dị, ọjụjụ Devid jụrụ Basil ná nnupụisi Bardas Phokas nke 987, mere ka Constantinople ghara ịtụkwasị ndị ọchịchị Georgia obi. Mgbe nnupụisi ahụ kụrụ afọ n'ala, a manyere Devid ime Basil onye ga-eketa ọtụtụ ihe onwunwe ya. Na 1001, mgbe ọnwụ nke David nke Tao gasịrị, Basil ketara Tao, Phasiane, na Speri. Mgbe ahụ, a haziri ógbè ndị a n'ime isiokwu nke Iberia na isi obodo ya na Theodosiopolis. Nke a mere ka onye nọchiri ya, bụ́ eze Bagrat nke Atọ nke Jọjia, kweta ịgbanwe ọchịchị ahụ. Otú ọ dị, nwa Bagrat, bụ́ George nke Mbụ, ketara ihe ruuru ya dị ka onye ga-anọchi Devid. George, onye na-eto eto na onye nwere oké ọchịchọ, bidoro mkpọsa iji weghachite usoro Kuropalates na Georgia ma weghara Tao na 1015 <unk> 1016. Ya na onye Fatimid caliph nke Egypt, al-Hakim, gbara ndụ, na-amanye Basil ka ọ ghara ịzaghachi mwakpo George. Ndị Byzantium sonyekwara n'agha na-enweghị atụ ha na ndị Bulgaria lụrụ, na-eme nanị ihe ndị ha na-eme n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ. Ozugbo e meriri Bulgaria
na 1018 na al-Hakim nwụrụ, Basil duru ndị agha ya megide Georgia. E mere nkwadebe maka mkpọsa buru ibu megide Alaeze Georgia, na-amalite site na iwughachi Theodosiopolis.