Thwarted attempts by Samuel 103 to take Larissa by fighting or bribing him and his men with gifts, thus allowing the land to be sown and harvested and its people to live in self-sufficiency even when Samuel acquired full powers, which he acknowledged
Wrote to Basileios 2 that he had ordered the people of Larissa to acclaim the rebel (Samuel 103) so that they might sow and harvest and thus they had collected supplies for 4 years, having become again servants of the emperor who accepted his trick
Did not live in Larissa but resided at Constantinople, and as a result of this and of his successor (Anonymus 289)'s poor policies Samuel 103 went to Larissa and did not allow its people out to harvest