Battle of Stilo

Battle of Stilo
Warrior of the Fatimid / Kalbid period 11th century Sicily
Date 14 July 982 Location Capo Colonna, near Crotone, Italy Result Fatimid-Sicilian victory
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire Principality of Benevento	Fatimid Caliphate Emirate of Sicily
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]}.