His government was controlled by the generals Nicephorus and John until 976, when he established the supremacy of himself and his brother Constantine VIII.
He survived a landowners' revolt led by Bardus Sclerus and revived the anti-nobility laws of Romanus I. His government was controlled by the generals Nicephorus and John until 976, when he established the supremacy of himself and his brother Constantine VIII. His sister Anna was married to Vladimir of Kiev as part of an agreement to Christianize Russia, while, on the other frontier, he moved against Ochrid, supposedly causing Tsar Samuel to die of shock by blinding ninety-nine percent of the opposing army. For ten points, name this Macedonian dynasty ruler of the Middle Byzantine Period who earned the epithet "Bulgar-Slayer."
He survived a landowners' revolt led by Bardus Sclerus and revived the anti-nobility laws of Romanus I.
Basil II [prompt on Basil; accept Basil Bulgaroktonos before “Bulgar” is read; accept Basil the Bulgar-Slayer before “Bulgar” is read]