Beginning of Solomonic Dynasty

Date: August 10, 1270 • Location: Rome, Italy

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1270–1974.

Yekuno Amlak deposed the last Zagwe king and seized the imperial throne of Ethiopia, beginning the reign of the Solomonic dynasty, which would last for more than 700 years.

Yekuno Amlak ; throne name Tesfa Iyasus was the first Emperor of the Ethiopian Empire from 1270 to 1285, and the founder of the Solomonic dynasty, which remained in power until 1974. He was a ruler from Bete Amhara who became the Emperor of Ethiopia following the defeat of the last Zagwe king.