Despite the fact it only lasted nine months (from 12 October 1413 to 23 June 1414),[2][3] Tewodros's reign acquired a connotation of being a golden age for Ethiopia.
The explorer James Bruce later commented, There must have been something very brilliant that happened under this prince, for though the reign is so short, it is before all others the most favourite epoch in Abyssinia.
It is even confidently believed, that he is to rise again, and reign in Abyssinia for a thousand years, and in this period all war is to cease and everyone, in fulness, to enjoy happiness, plenty and peace.[4]E.
Despite this, Budge notes that he annulled the agreement of his ancestor Yekuno Amlak that granted a third of the country to the Ethiopian Church.
Taddesse Tamrat suspects that chroniclers of this era tried to suppress the violent death of the Emperors.