While the multi-tribal and hegemonic character of the Bulgarian state in the first century or two after its establishment is readily apparent, Bulgarian historians have stressed the establishment of a capital and of a state tradition that could be viewed retrospectively as national.
Mentres que o carácter multitribal e hexemónico do estado búlgaro durante os primeiros séculos do Imperio parece probado, os historiadores búlgaros puxeron o acento no establecemento dunha capital e dunha tradición que quere ser vista retrospectivamente como nacional.