A farkon 911, an ambaci Varangians a matsayin fada a matsayin sojojin haya na Rumawa.Kimanin 700 Varangians sun yi aiki tare da Dalmatians a matsayin marine a cikin balaguron ruwa na Byzantine a kan Masarautar Crete a 902 kuma sojojin 629 sun koma Crete karkashin Constantine Porphyrogenitus a 949. Ƙungiyar 415 Varangians ta shiga cikin balaguron Italiya na 936. Yana da Har ila yau, an rubuta cewa akwai dakarun Varangiya a cikin dakarun da suka yaki Larabawa a Siriya a shekara ta 955. A wannan lokacin, 'yan tawayen Varangiya sun kasance cikin manyan Sahabbai.A cikin 988,
Basil II ya nemi taimakon soja daga Vladimir I na Kiev don taimakawa kare kursiyinsa.Bisa ga yarjejeniyar da mahaifinsa ya yi bayan Siege na Dorostolon (971), Vladimir aika mutane 6,000 zuwa Basil.Vladimir ya yi amfani da damar ya kawar da kansa daga mafi yawan mayaƙansa waɗanda a kowane hali ya kasa biya.Wannan ita ce ranar da ake zato na hukuma, na dindindin na babban jami'in gadi.A musayar mayaƙan, Vladimir aka bai wa 'yar'uwar Basil, Anna, aure.Vladimir kuma ya yarda ya tuba zuwa
Kiristanci kuma ya kawo mutanensa cikin bangaskiyar Kirista.A cikin 989, wadannan Varangians, karkashin jagorancin Basil II da kansa, sun sauka a Chrysopolis don kayar da Janar Bardas Phokas na 'yan tawaye.A fagen fama, Phokas ya mutu sakamakon bugun jini a gaban abokin hamayyarsa;da mutuwar shugabansu, sojojin Phokas suka juya suka gudu.An lura da ta'asar da 'yan Varangians suka yi lokacin da suka bi sojojin da suka tsere suka "dare su da fara'a".Waɗannan mutanen sun kafa tsakiya na Varangian Guard, wanda ya ga hidima mai yawa a kudancin Italiya a karni na sha ɗaya, yayin da
Normans da Lombards suka yi aiki don kashe ikon Byzantine a can.A cikin 1018, Basil II ya sami buƙatu daga catepan na Italiya, Basil Boioannes, don ƙarfafawa don kawar da tawayen Lombard na Melus na Bari.An aika wani rukuni na Guard Varangian kuma a cikin yakin Cannae, Rumawa sun sami nasara mai mahimmanci.