Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I muri i te matenga o David III i te tau 1001, i riro i tana rohe te emepara o Byzantine Basil II, i whakaritea enei kawanatanga ki te kaupapa o Iberia me te whakapaipai i Theodosiopolis, i akiaki i te rangatira Bagratid Georgian Bagrat III ki te mohio ki te whakariterite hou. Heoi, ko te tama a Bagrat, ko George I, i riro i a ia te kereme roa mo te mana o David. I te taiohi me te hiahia nui, i whakarewahia e George he pakanga ki te whakahoki mai i te mana o Kuropalates<unk> ki Georgia me te noho ki Tao i te 1015<unk>1016. Ko nga Byzantines i taua wa i uru ki te pakanga koreutu me te Emepaea o Bulgaria, e aukati ana i a raatau mahi ki te hauauru. Engari i te wa i riro ai a Bulgaria
, I arahi a Basil II i tana ope ki Georgia (1021). E rua tau te roa o te pakanga, ka mutu i te wikitoria a Byzantine, i akiaki a George ki te whakaae ki tetahi kirimana rangimarie, i reira ka whakarere ia i ana kereme ki Tao.