Battle of Stilo

Battle of Stilo

Warrior of the Fatimid / Kalbid period
11th century Sicily
Date14 July 982
Location
Result Fatimid-Sicilian victory
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire
Principality of Benevento

Fatimid Caliphate

Commanders and leaders
Emperor Otto II
Landulf IV of Benevento 
Pandulf II of Salerno 
Emir Abu'l-Qasim 
Strength
2,100+ armored cavalry, the rest unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
4,000 killed
including many nobles
Fewer than Imperial army

The Battle of Stilo (also known as Cape Colonna and Crotone) was fought on 13 or 14 July 982 near Crotone in Calabria between the forces of Holy Roman Emperor Otto II and his Italo-Lombard allies and those of the Kalbid emir of Sicily, Abu'l-Qasim, who had declared a holy war against the Germans. Some sources claim that the Muslims received support from the Byzantines, in retaliation for Otto's invasion of their province of Apulia, but this is unconfirmed[citation needed].