Theophylactus of Ohrid writes that the inhabitants of Ohrid are Bulgarians and speak Bulgarian   11th-12th c.   (a) from a letter to Anem:  When you say that you have become a complete barbarian among the Bulgarians, you, my dearest, are saying what I dream /in my sleep/. Because just think how much I have drunk from the cup of ...

 The Byzantine historian Scylitzes describes how Samuil, son of a Bulgarian noble, became ruler of all Bulgaria                                                                        11th-12th c. Immediately after the death of Emperor Ioannes the Bulgarians rose in revolt and four brothers were chosen to govern them: David, Moses, Aaron and Samuil, sons of one of the all-powerful comites of the Bulgarians and for ...