[201]leothedean101
[202]cfgostrogorsky,&lso;ovisantiskidrzavniseljaciaivojnicia-dvepoveljeizdobajovanaciiska&rso;(onbyzantestate&rso;peasantsandldiers-oordancesfrothereignofjohntziisces),glassrpskeakadnauka214(1954),23ffandpaysannerie,11ff
[203]cfputafciev,&lso;rsko-bolgarskieotnosenijaprisvjatoslave&rso;(r-bulgarianrelationsthetiofsvjatoslav),sekond4(1931),77ff
[204]thischronologyfollowsfdolr,&lso;diechronologiedesgrossenfeldzusdeskaisersjohannestziiskesndiersen&rso;,bz32(1932),275fffordifferentviewscfdanastasijevicsekond3(1929),1ff;bz30(1929-30),400ff,and31(1931),328ff;élansdiehl1(1930),1ff;b6(1931),337ff,whotriestodefendthethesisthatthewaragastsvjatoslavdidnotlastthreeonths,butthreeyears(upto974);butcfhgrégoire,b12(1937),267ff,who,likedolr,placesthecapaigntheperiodapril-july971(cdfdolr,bz38(1938),232ff);cfalpkaryskovskij,&lso;ochronologiirsko-vizantijskojvojnyprisvjatoslave&rso;(thechronologyofther-byzantewarthetiofsvjatoslav),vv5(1952),136ff
[205]thetersofthecapitulationarepreservedtheoldrsianchronicle,polnbrrskle1,72f(rantransbytrautann,dienestor-chronik49ff;englishtransbycross,rsianpriarychronicle(1953),89ff)itisdatedjulyofthe14thdictionoftheyear6479,whichisjuly971thisfactitself,thoughithasbeenigoredthedisputebeeendolrandanastasijevic(cftheprevionote),decisivelysettlestheestionofthedurationofthewarwithsvjatoslav
[206]peschra,&lso;kaiser,basileundpapstderzeitderottonen&rso;,hz129(1924),424ff,hadadducedstrongarguntssupportoftheviewthattheophanowasarelationofjohntziisces(cfjoltann,theophano,dieahlottos2,dissdottn1878)andnotthedaughterofroan2,askuhlirz,bz4(1895),466ff,triedtoshowatteptstoidentifyherasthedaughterofnstante7(horitz,&lso;dieherkunftdertheophano,derahldeskaisersotto2&rso;,bz39(1939),387ff)orthedaughterofstephenlecapen(uhlirz,&lso;studien&uul;bertheo-phano&rso;,deutscharchivfschdittelalt6(1943),442ff)havebeenrefutedbyfdolr,&lso;werwartheophano?&rso;histjahrb62-9(1949),546ff,whorensiderstheestionandshowsthatthesuppositionofoltannandschraisundoubtedlyrrect(cfaladdendabz43(1950),338f)aavasiliev,&lso;hughcapetoffranceandbyzantiu&rso;,dubartonoakspapers6(1951),227-51,istakenlyrevertstotheoldtheorythattheophanowasadaughterofroan2;cfyntsbz46(1953),156
[207]tziisces&rso;capaignpotaiaasearlyas972hasbeenestabli射dbycanard,&lso;ladatedesexpéditionsépotaiennesdejeantziiscès&rso;,élansgrégoire2(1950),99ff
[208]edulaurier,chroniedeatthieud&rso;edessa(1858),22;ckucuk-ioannev,vv10(1903),100
[209]cfneuann,weltstelng49
[210]ontheyearofbasil2&rso;sbrith(958)cfgostrogorskyandeste,b7(1932),198,note1
[211]thischronologyfollowsrosen,bolgarobojcaandschberr,epopéebyzante1(1925),510,basedonjahjawhoisneralagreentwithscylitzespselswronglyplacesthedepositionoftheparaeonbasiltheperiodafterthedeathofbardasphocas,ieti989
[212]basil&rso;snovelof996zepos,j1,270;cfalpsels&rso;statent,chronographia1,12f(edrenauld;engtranssewter,19f)。
[213]nothgdefiteisknownabouttheearlyhistoryoftheeulithenteporaryarnianhistorianstephenoftaron(alik),translzerandburckhardt(1907),185f,saysthattheywereofarniandesentspiteofnadontz,&lso;sauell&rso;arénien&rso;3ff,itreasdoubtfulhowuchweightcanbegiventothestatentofthisarnianhistorianwhoserationonsauelisfullofobvioerrorsnpblagoev,&lso;bratjatadavid,oisej,aaronisauil&rso;(thebrothersdavid,oses,aaronandsauel),godisniknafijskuniv,juridfak37,14(1941-2),28ff,nsidersthatuntnicholaswasadescendantoftheproto-bulgarasparuch,andhiswiferipsiia,theotheroftheeuli,adaughteroftheczarsyon,whichisentirelywithoutfoundationhis&lso;teorijatazazapadnobulgarskocarstvo&rso;(theoriesonthewestbulgarianepire),ibid16ff,ntaseallyfantasticviews
[214]cfruncian,bulgarianepire221,whoiscertalyrightzlatarski,istorija1,2,647ff,andadontz,&lso;sauell&rso;arénien&rso;9ff,follogthefabulostoryofjahja(edrosen,20f)andthearnianalik,nsiderthatroanwasregnizedastzarthewould-betzarturnsuplaterasanderofskopljeand1004hesurrenderedthecitytothebyzantes,receivedthetitleofpatricianfrobasil2andbecathebyzantestrategabyd;cfscylitzes-cedren2,455
[215]thehistoryoftheorigofsauel&rso;sepireisauchdebatedestionscholarsnolonrsupportdrov&rso;stheoryofawestbulgarianepireofthesisanidsfounded963,andtodayodifferentandnflictgviewsarecurrentoneviewholdsthatby969awestbulgarian(acedonian)kgdoundertheeulihadsplitofffrotheepireofthetzarpeterandthatthisexisteddependentlysidebysidewiththeeastbulgarianepire(onthedanube);further,theynsiderthatitwasonlytheeasternpartwhichwasneredbytziisces,whilethewesternpartntuedandfordthenucleofsauel&rso;sepirethesendview,workedoutdetailbydanastasijevic,&lso;l&rso;hypothèsedelabulgaricoidentale&rso;,recueilpenskij1(1930),20ff,siststhattherewasnoseparationbeeenaneasternandwesternbulgaria,andthattziiscesneredthewholeofbulgariawhichonlyregaeditsdependencewiththeeuli&rso;srevolt976andthefoundationofanewepireacedoniathislatterterpretationseestotobethearrect,thoughboththeoriesappeartogoastrayfarastheyiplythatthesubjectionoftheuntrytooktheforofaregularoupationofthewholeuntrysideanastasijevicrightlyephasizesthattheurcesgivepracticallynogroundfortheassuptionthatandependentwestbulgariaeverexistedsidebysidewithaneastbulgaria,andtheyaffordeallyslightevidenceforthestatentthattherewasarevoltoftheeulibefore976thefreentlyotedstatentscylitzes-cedred2,347,datedratherarbitrarilytotheyear969andeallyarbitrarilyregardedasanaountofarevoltoftheeulisaidtohavebrokenoutthisyear,isrealityonlyacasualnt,bywayofanaside,whichanticipatestheeventsitrefersto(cfthedoubtsofruncian,bulgarianepire218,andadontz,&lso;sauell&rso;arénien&rso;,5ff)ontheotherhand,theurcesakeititeclearthattziisces-likesvjatoslav-neversetfootacedonia(theentirelyunsupportedstatentofthelaterpriestofdiocleawhosaysthattziiscestookpossessionofserbia,andnseentlyacedoniaaswell,isofnoiportance)thecaptureofthecapitalandthedepositionoftherulersignifiedthesubjectionoftheuntrywithoutanyneedtoneritsterritorychbychitis,however,truethatntrolwhichwasliitedtooupygthecentreuldcertacircustanceseasilybeoverthrownfrotheperiphery,andthiswasfactwhathappenedafterthedeathofjohntziiscesandtheoutbreakofternalnflictsbyzantiuthisproblehasbeenrecentlydiscsedbylitavr,bolgarijaivizantija261ff,whodoesnot,however,advanceanyneworpellgarguntsfortheviewheadopts,iethat&lso;bulgariantueditsexistencethewest&rso;hencdes:&lso;theperiodfro969to976waswesternbulgariaatiwhenitsforceswerenlidatedundertheruleoftheeuli…&rso;but,asourobservationsaboveakeclear,thisassertionhasnottheslightestfoundationtheurces