bulgar slayer

Everyone is used to stanning for Basil II, Byzantine Emperor, so... i’ll propose a screw on him. For context: Samuel of Bulgaria was the last emperor of the First Bulgarian state, one of four sons of the Bulgarian governor of Sofia or Sredets. After the surrender of Peter I to the Byzantines in...

It is 1025, and Basil II the Bulgar-Slayer has died. Unlike in OTL, he has capable successors--several "Good Emperors"--in command of his 250,000-man army over the next few decades. During the reigns of these powerful emperors, the Eastern Roman Empire destroys most of its rivals, playing them...