Certainty: 2 At death of Giorgi I of Georgia, his son Bagrat IV succeeded as a minor, under his mother's guidance. Georgi I, king of Georgia, died, to be succeeded by his son, Bagrat IV, who was still a minor, under his mother's guidance. Bagrat had recently been sent back from Constantinople. He was advised to claim back fortresses given by his father Georgi I to Basileios II
Certainty: 2 Georgian attempt to recover fortresses from Byzantium was stopped by parakoimomenos Nikolaos (Symeon). When Konstantinos VIII heard that the Georgians had reoccupied the fortresses previously ceded by them, he sent the demestikos of the scholai and parakoimomenos Nikolaos (or the droungarios Symeon, according to Aristakes) with an army to Abchasia, to stop the Georgian attacks
Certainty: 1 Iberian magnates expelled from estates by Niketas of Pisidia; grants of dignities in western lands. Konstantinos VIII sent Niketas of Pisidia as governor of the east. He arrived in Georgia, tricked a number of 'azat' (the free nobility) to abandon their estates, and sent them to the capital. There they were rewarded with gifts and sealed letters granting them properties and dignities commensurate with the value of what they had given up.
Certainty: 2 Campaign of parakoimomenos Symeon (Nikolaos) in Iberia led to submission of Bagrat & his mother. Nikolaos, domestikos of the scholai and parakoimomenos (or Symeon), when sent to Abchasia by Konstantinos VIII, in the third year of the latter's reign he ravaged and burned the country, causing many casualties and taking many prisoners. He was soon brought a letter from Bagrat IV and his mother Mariam, apologizing for having occupied the fortresses, and offering submission and allegiance to the emperor. Having settled things in this way, he returned to the capital
Certainty: 2 Alliance between Michael IV & the amir Apolaphar Mouchoumet of Sicily. As a result of the successful mission of Georgios Probatas to Sicily, the amir Apolaphar Mouchoumet concluded an alliance with Michael IV and was made magistros