HistoryHaile Selassie, Ethiopia's 'Lion of Judah'01:50This browser does not support the video element.HistoryGwendolin Hilse06/15/2018June 15, 2018His Imperial Highness Emperor Haile Selassie represented a dynastic line which stretched back centuries. He was an absolute ruler and yet a modernizer who introduced the very reforms which eventually proved his downfall.Copy linkAdvertisement