Georgios Photis, a Greek who settled in Ethiopia in 1850, he joined the Ethiopian Army and earned the title Balabaras ("commander of the guard"). The only Europ

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Georgios Photis, a Greek who settled in Ethiopia in 1850, he joined the Ethiopian Army and earned the title Balabaras ("commander of the guard"). The only European to fight with the Ethiopians against the Italians at Adwa in 1896.

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