Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Theophylact Botaneiates anake e whakahuahia ana i roto i te hitori o John Skylitzes mo te tau 1014, i te wa o Emperor Basil II
nga pakanga ki a Bulgaria. I taua tau, i mua tata ranei, i whakaritea ia hei kawana ("doux") o Teharonika hei whakakapi ki a Rawiri Arianites. I taua tau, i whakaekea e te Emepara Basil II nga tuunga Bulgarian i te haerenga o Klyuch (Kleidion i te Kariki). Hei whakararu i tana aro, i tukuna e te rangatira Bulgarian a Samuel he ope nui i raro i a Nestoritsa ki Thessalonica. I tutaki a Botaneiates me tana tama a Michael ki nga Bulgars ka hinga i a raatau i te taha o te taone nui, i muri mai ka uru atu ia ki te ope rangatira nui.