ЦАР САМОИЛ

...military "revolutions which accompanied the growth of absolutist despotism. 
With the powerful and astute upstart BASIL I. the MACEDONIAN (867-886) the 
so-called Macedonian Dynasty came to the front, the first representatives of 
which after Basil (like himself and Caesar Bardas before him) are of outstand 
ing importance for the fostering of the accepted Greek culture and science ; they 
have much less importance in their character as rulers. These were LEO VI. 
the PHILOSOPHER (886-912) and CONSTANTINE VII. PORPHYROGENITUS (945- 
959), who attained the throne when seven years old, but only obtained govern 
ing power after the fall of ROMANUS LEPAKENUS and his sons. Under the 
youthful ROMANUS II. (959-963), who lived only for pleasure, Byzantine military 
capacity obtained the re-conquest of Crete by NICEPHORUS PHOCAS, who was 
raised to the throne by THEOPHANO, the widow of Romanus, as NICEPHORUS II. 
(t 969). In him and his successor, JOHANNES TZIMISCES (t 976) the Empire found 
two capable soldiers and powerful men, and BASIL II. (976-1025) broke the 
power of the Bulgarian Khan SAMUEL with terrible energy, restored the autho 
rity of the Empire in the north ...

khan Samuel пишува

и сигурен сум дека наемник го видел

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