[2] The Lombards had also hired some Norman cavalry mercenaries[3] under their leader Gilbert Buatère, while Boioannes had a detachment of elite Varangian Guard sent to him at his request to combat the Normans.

[2] The engagement was one of the first clashes between the Byzantines of southern Italy and the Normans.

[2] Melus of Bari managed to escape to the Papal States and eventually to the court of Holy Roman Emperor Henry II at Bamberg.

The Normans lost their leader, Gilbert Buatère, and most of their group.

Within a year, a Norman garrison would be stationed at Troia in the pay of the Byzantine Empire.