This man conquered several Somali kingdoms to the South of his nation, and a famous painting of his greatest accomplishment shows St. George looking down upon a battlefield.
The poet Arthur Rimbaud assisted this ruler in coming to power. One of this man's immediate predecessors ordered the largest mortar in the world, and another was killed at the Battle of Metema. The victor at that battle was Khalifa Abdullahi. This man's reign saw the destruction of the Russian colony at Sagallo, the land for which was later sold to the(*)  French. This man conquered several Somali kingdoms to the South of his nation, and a famous painting of his greatest accomplishment shows St. George looking down upon a battlefield. At that battle, this man defeated Oreste Baratieri. For ten points, name this victor at the Battle of Adwa and Emperor of Ethiopia who reigned from 1889 until 1913.
The poet Arthur Rimbaud assisted this ruler in coming to power.
 Menelik II