Tuhia he korero mo tenei waahanga - Ko te Pakanga o Thessalonica () i puta i te 995 i mua atu ranei, tata ki te taone nui o Thessalonica, Kariki. Ko te pakanga he waahanga o te pakanga Bulgarian-Byzantine roa
o te mutunga o te rautau 10 me te timatanga o te rautau 11. Ko nga Bulgarian i raro i to ratou rangatira, a Tsar Samuil, i angitu ki te whakaeke me te whakangaro i te hoia Byzantine o Thessalonica, i mate i tana rangatira, a Gregory Taronites, i hopu i tana tama a Ashot.