### Victory at the Battle of Adwa **Date**: March 1, 1896 • **Location**: Axum, Ethiopia Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War. The Battle of Adwa was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War. It was fought on 1 March 1896, near the town of Adwa between the Ethiopian Empire under Emperor Menelik II and an Italian colonial force led by General Oreste Baratieri.

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