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Ramesses II
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Lo, while his majesty sat talking with the princes, the vanquished chief of Kheta came and the numerous countries, which were with him.
— [The Attack of the Asiatics]
Ramesses II
Egyptian third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty
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Lived -1303–-1213, aged 90
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He ruled Egypt for 66 years — longer than nearly any pharaoh in three millennia — and was worshipped as a god while still alive. Ramesses II fought 15 campaigns, built a capital in his own name, and left a body so well-preserved that it rests in Cairo today, 3,200 years after his death.
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Ramesses took the throne at 25 around 1303 BC as the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty. Early on he poured energy into construction: cities, temples, monuments across Egypt. He founded Pi-Ramesses in the Nile Delta and made it his new capital, the staging ground for campaigns into Syria and the Levant, where he reclaimed Egyptian control over Canaan and Phoenicia. The Battle of Kadesh ended in stalemate; the rest of his military record — at least 15 expeditions, including repeated drives into Nubia — held. He celebrated thirteen or fourteen Sed festivals, more than any predecessor. He di…
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Ramesses II
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When his majesty saw them, he was enraged against them, like his father, Montu, lord of Thebes. He seized the adornments of battle, and arrayed himself in his coat of mail.
— [Ramses' Personal Attack]
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I charged all countries, while I was alone, my infantry and my chariotry having forsaken me. Not one among them stood to turn about.
— [Ramses' Own Statement]
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He marched over the country doing this until he had crossed over from Asia to Europe and defeated the Scythians and Thracians.
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Sesostris was the only Egyptian king who also ruled Ethiopia.
— Herodotus, Histories 2. 102, 103, 107, 109, 110. Translated by A. D. Godley (1922–1925)
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