>>508472411>It is, even in Hungarian sources who interacted with them it is known as Vlach-Bulgarain empire and the Vlach governance was recognizedBut just because you were ruled by Bulgarians doesn't make it a Vlach-Bulgarian Empire?
>Sources are "O City of Byzantium" by Niketas Choniates and "Strategikon" by Kekaumenos.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uprising_of_Asen_and_Peter
North Danubian Vlachs only mentioned once
Haemus mons vlachs - Bulgarians
And even so, Bulgarians are the main people in this story, because the state was called Bulgaria, not Vlachia. (later called Bulgaro-Vlach empire because it ruled over Vlachs too, not because it was ruled by Vlachs)
>I'm deconstructing your programming by burring you in proof.You've literally got no proof though. There's better sources suggesting Asen dynasty was Cuman in origin. Even so, they signed every document as Kings of Bulgaria
>all native sources (from the 13th century[9]) use predominantly the terms Bulgaria, Bulgarians and Bulgarian, the Slavic names like Ivanko (relative and murderer of Ivan Asen I),[20] Boril and Slav, that tsar Kaloyan claimed provenance from the old Bulgarian rulers and his state from the First Bulgarian Empire[21] and declares himself a Bulgarian avenger, adopting the moniker the Romanslayer by analogy with the emperor Basil II the Bulgar Slayer and shows cruelty to the Byzantines as revenge for the murdered and blinded Bulgarians.[22]