Original sentence: The Balkanologist, Paul Stephenson helps clarify the situation- Samuil's empire was called Bulgarian, but the center of power was in present-day the Republic of Macedonia.This Yugoslav theory is now rejected from the modern Serbian historians
Edited sentence: In other words, Samuel saw himself as a successor to the crown of the Bulgarian Empire rather than a ruler of a distinct entity.The balkanologist, Paul Stephenson helps clarify the situation — the realm that Samuel ruled was the Bulgarian Empire, but the centre of power was in the present-day region of Macedonia.This Yugoslav theory is now rejected by the modern Serbian historians