What's more, Edinburgh became the first Scottish team to contend in a major European final last year after finishing runners-up in the European Rugby Challenge Cup to Gloucester.
And perhaps most satisfying of all for Edinburgh fans is the fact that they've managed to turn the tide against inter-city rivals Glasgow Warriors when it comes to the 1872 Cup.
Edinburgh had not lifted the trophy since 2009 but broke that streak last season, before retaining it this term after beating Glasgow home and away.
Defeat to another drastically improved team, Connacht, last time out has hindered their top-four chances somewhat but it would be foolish to discount a young and up-coming Edinburgh just yet.
Edinburgh are going from strength to strength under Alan Solomons
Greatest season - 2008/09 record-breakers
Solomons could yet lead Edinburgh to their best-ever season, but for now the Dream Team of 2008/09 is the standard bearer at BT Murrayfield.
After finishing a much-improved fourth the year before - Andy Robinson's first season in charge - Edinburgh ended the season as the nearest challengers to champions Munster.
It coincided with the return of one Chris Paterson, who had travelled back north of the border after a season at Gloucester.
The Scotland legend plundered 159 points - which was to be his best-ever season's haul in the PRO12 - though it is wrong to say that he carried Edinburgh on back.
Robinson also had the likes Scotland full-back Hugo Southwell, a dynamic Nick De Luca and scrum-halves Mike Blair and Greig Laidlaw to pick from - the pair can now boast 134 caps between them.
And among the forwards, Allan Jacobsen and Geoff Cross were the cornerstones of the scrum, while Jim Hamilton and Ally Hogg were just coming into their prime.
It made for a starting XV of very few weaknesses, but they were made to rue a sluggish start after losing four of their first five league fixtures.
That run ultimately cost them dearly - indeed, if the season had started in October, they probably would have been crowned champions.
Edinburgh would only lose three more games all season and recorded some thumping wins along the way, including the 39-6 Boxing Day victory over Glasgow Warriors in front of nearly 13,000 fans.
But it was the manner in which they finished off the season that impressed the most, as they strung together a club record six PRO12 victories to secure second on the final day.
Unfortunately Edinburgh could not sustain that form into the next season as Robinson left to take up the Scotland job - leading to a number of quiet years before their renaissance under Solomons.
ONE TO WATCH - Jamie Ritchie
Teenage flanker Jamie Ritchie has made quite an impression for Edinburgh
Prop Rory Sutherland has already earned the attention of Scotland coach Vern Cotter and Blair Kinghorn is Paterson's heir apparent, but Jamie Ritchie is the man who Edinburgh fans should arguably be most excited about.
Edinburgh thought so highly of the flanker that they signed him to their first-team squad two years ago - when he was just 17 - and throwing him into the deep end seems to have paid off already.
He has started four of Edinburgh's last five GUINNESS PRO12 games - not bad for someone who does not turn 20 until August.
It comes as perfect timing for Edinburgh as they wave goodbye to skipper and flanker Mike Coman in the summer - and according to head coach Solomons, Ritchie is a 'certainty' to play for Scotland at Test level.
"I think he will play for Scotland, I have no doubt whatsoever," Solomons said. "He is a terrific player.
"He is a good footballer, intelligent, has a fantastic work-rate and could definitely play six, seven or eight."
All-time Edinburgh XV
15. Hugo Southwell
London-born full-back Southwell - who could also fill in on the wing and in the centres - found his true home when he arrived at Edinburgh in 2003.
He became a Scotland international a year later, and played a major role in some of the club's biggest success both domestically and abroad before his departure to Stade Francais.
14. Tim Visser
Edinburgh struck gold in Visser, who Newcastle Falcons had loaned out to Darlington Mowden Park - in the third tier of English rugby at the time - little more than two years before his arrival.
Visser, who had initially been spotted by Newcastle playing sevens in his native Netherlands, took the PRO12 by storm and finished top scorer in his first four seasons.
He left Edinburgh in 2015 having amassed an incredible 58 tries from 99 appearances in the league.
13. Simon Webster
Webster would play on the wing or in the centres, regularly playing in the latter position later on in his career after adding some bulk.
He was a key cog for Edinburgh for the best part of a decade before being beset by injury problems, but not before he had appeared 37 times for Scotland.
12. Nick De Luca
Yet another versatile man to plug into the backs division, De Luca made his mark back at Edinburgh after a year away with the Border Reivers.
He was a virtual ever present under Andy Robinson and scored a memorable try against Toulouse in Europe - one of a number of efforts that underlined his fleet-footedness for Edinburgh.
11. Chris Paterson
A man that needs no introduction, Paterson is a bonafide Scotland great and at club level Edinburgh were the beneficiaries of his talents.
He topped more than 1,000 points for the club in all competitions - including 22 tries in the Celtic League.
Fittingly, he scored a try in his last-ever professional match, crossing over in a 44-21 victory over Benetton Treviso.
10. Brendan Laney
Phil Godman would take the No.10 jersey on longevity but for sheer impact, New Zealand-born Laney just about pips him the post.
Always one to cut the opposition down to size with his scything breaks, 'Chainsaw' top-scored in the 2002 Celtic League with a whopping 137 points from eight games.
In his four years at Edinburgh he was yet another movable piece - contributing from fly-half, centre and full-back.
9. Mike Blair
If this team needed goal-kickers perhaps Greig Laidlaw would get the nod here, but Blair, a two time Edinburgh player of the year, very much deserves his place.
He hit his zenith in 2008 as he captained his country 12 times in a row and was rewarded at the end of the year with a nomination for IRB Player of the Year.
Blair also topped 100 Celtic League appearances with Edinburgh after a decade's service at BT Murrayfield.
1. Allan Jacobsen
Edinburgh's record appearance-holder, Jacobsen completed a 16-year professional career with the club in 2013.
'Chunk' was a plumbing apprentice before joining Edinburgh's ranks but went onto amass 285 appearances, adding considerable ballast to the scrum in that time - indeed it was a wrench when he finally called it quits.
Allan Jacobsen wraps up Ian Keatley
2. Ross Ford
Ford was another to cut his teeth at the Border Reivers before joining up with Edinburgh, and he is the only man in this list to still be playing for the club.
He started his professional career as a loose forward but has been a constant presence in the No.2 shirt for both club and country for nearly a decade - and he's still only 31.
3. Geoff Cross
The oft-bearded tighthead ended an eight-year association with Edinburgh in 2014, having worked his way into a prominent role at the club following his move from the Borders.
Jacobsen, Ford, Cross - Edinburgh fans knew they were in safe hands when they saw that front three in the starting XV.
4. Nathan Hines
He may have qualified for Scotland by virtue of his grandfather but Hines definitely has the country in his blood, a 77-cap international and a current assistant coach.
Edinburgh is where it all started for the Australian-born lock and he made a sizable impact in his six-year stay before moving to France.
5. Scott Murray
Murray, a three-time Scotland player of the year, is one of the country's finest ever players and also linked up with Hines at Edinburgh during the mid-2000s.
When he started for Edinburgh he was very rarely replaced, and was simply peerless when it came to operating the lineout.
6. Todd Blackadder
Blackadder became an honorary Scotsman when he signed for Edinburgh in 2001, having enjoyed a two-year stint as an All Black.
Primarily a lock, his talent is too great to ignore so he makes this team as a flanker - a position he has considerable experience in.
He was captain during his stay at Edinburgh and stayed on as an assistant for a year in 2004, before returning to New Zealand. He has achieved considerable success as head coach of the Crusaders.
7. Ali Hogg
Hogg made his Scotland debut at 21 years of age after storming onto the Celtic League scene as a teenager.
At No.8 is where he earned many of his caps - though he would often shift to the openside to accommodate Simon Taylor - and he enjoyed eight fine years at Edinburgh before moving to different pastures in 2010.
8. Simon Taylor
But for injuries Taylor might have gone down as one of Scotland's greatest-ever players, though during his seven years with Edinburgh he was good enough to go on two Lions tours.
In his time in the capital he was a key figure and at No.8 his peak was as good as virtually any to have ever played for the team.
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