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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Battles in medieval Thrace, Macedonian dynasty, Basil II, Constantine VIII, Theodora, Nikephoros II Phokas, Romanos I Lekapenos, Romanos II, Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Stephen I of Constantinople, Michael V, Romanos III Argyros, Bogomilism, Patriarch Theophylact of Constantinople, John I Tzimiskes, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, Leo VI the Wise, Zoe Porphyrogenita, Battle of Kalavrye, Constantine IX Monomachos, Christianization of Bulgaria, Byzantium under the Macedonians, Momchil, Stylianos Zaoutzes, Theophano, Constantine Lekapenos, Stephen Lekapenos, Uprising of Asen and Peter, Helena Lekapene, Theophano Martiniake, Christopher Lekapenos, Alexander, Zoe Karbonopsina, Eudokia Ingerina, Battle of Peritheorion, Epitaph on the tomb of Basil II, Zoe Zaoutzaina, John Skylitzes, Helena, daughter of Alypius, Theodora, daughter of Constantine VII, Theodora, wife of Romanos I, Mosynopolis, Malamirovo Inscription, Eudokia Baiana, Gate of Trajan, Diocese of Thrace, Basil Lekapenos, Smolyani, Irene Monomachina. Excerpt: Basil II (Greek: , Basileios II; 958 - December 15, 1025), known in his time as Basil the Porphyrogenitus and Basil the Young to distinguish him from his ancestor Basil I the Macedonian, was a Byzantine emperor from the Macedonian dynasty who reigned from 10 January 976 to 15 December 1025. The first part of his long reign was dominated by civil war against powerful generals from the Anatolian aristocracy. Following their submission, Basil oversaw the stabilization and expansion of the Byzantine Empire's eastern frontier, and above all, the final and complete subjugation of Bulgaria, the Empire's foremost European foe, after a prolonged struggle. For this he was nicknamed by later authors as "the Bulgar-slayer" (Greek: , Boulgaroktonos), by which he is popularly known. At his death, the Empire stretched from Sout...
