As the Byzantines were busy against the Fatimids in Syria and the Bulgars in Macedon, the German Emperor Otto II decided to intervene, and the allied German-Lombard army was defeated in 982 at the Battle of Stilo.
The German Emperor Otto II decided to intervene. The Byzantines were busy against the Fatimids in Syria and the Bulgars in Macedon. The allied German-Lombard army was defeated in 982 at the Battle of Stilo.