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The awful way of life
and the hard Byzantine taxes in Macedonia, were a reason for another uprising.
It started in 1072 in the region of Skopje, and was leaded by Georgi Vojteh. The
organizers of the uprising asked for an external help from the ruler of Zeta
(Duklja), Michailo, who by his father Stefan Voislav was related to the family
of
Samoil.
Michailo listened them with great pleasure and he even sent his son Constantine
Bodin to help him so he can be crowned. After
crowning in Prizren (Serbia), Bodin changed his name to Petar, in honor of
Petar
Deljan. Bodin in Prizren arrived, joined by the military leader Petrilo with
around 300 people.
Soon
Constantine Bodin with a part of the army went in the region of Nish (Serbia),
Georgi Vojteh stayed in Skopje and Petrilo liberated the cities, Ohrid, Devol
and others. But near Kostur (Aegean Macedonia), he was defeated by the
Byzantium's and went straight back to Zeta. Soon Vojteh was forced to give
Skopje to the Byzantium's. But he didn't stop to fight against them and on a
meeting with Constantine Bodin in Kosovo, the both of them were jailed by the
Byzantium army. On the way to Constantinople (Carigrad, Istanbul), Georgi Vojteh
has died and Constantin Bodin after arriving in the Byzantine capital, was
bought by his father and returned to his fatherland Zeta.
After this
unsuccessful uprising in 1073, the Byzantine army destroyed and robbed many
cities and villages through Macedonia. The attempts made in order of re-establishment of the
Macedonian state were stopped for a long period. Also the army of Byzantine
destroyed the Samoil's forts and castles in Prespa and the temple St. Achilles
was robbed. |
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