Amba Mariam is a village in the Amhara region of central Ethiopia. It was previously known as Magdala. In the mid-nineteenth century, it was an administrative center of the empire of Tewodros II while he conquered the neighboring Oromo territory. He made Magdala his capital in 1867 and imprisoned several British diplomats there. A British military expedition led by Sir Robert Napier rescued the diplomats, sacked Magdala and led to the Tewodros II's suicide.