ISBN: 1526782006 The Apex of Byzantine Power Between 959 and 1025 CE a series of exceptionally capable military and political leaders occupied the throne of the empire that we call ... The lack of ...

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century ... reconquests came during the reign of Basil II (976 CE-1025 CE), as he destroyed the Bulgarian Empire in 1018 CE and absorbed the entire state into ...