 As a result, a lasting truce was concluded by the two powers in 967.Sicilian raids on Italy continued, and prompted the intervention of the Western Emperor, Otto II, in the peninsula in 982, where he was defeated at the Battle of Stilo.It was not until the 1020s that the Byzantines turned their attention to Sicily again, after a period of consolidation of their position in southern Italy under the capable Catepan Basil Boioannes.