Total War: Pharaoh - Sety, Second in Command

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The Successor and the Brute. Legitimacy is no guarantee of peace. King SETY II, son of Merneptah, is a powerful leader in Total War: Pharaoh. Historically, this King enjoyed a smooth inheritance and accession. But all the legitimacy in the world could not protect his rule... Preview and purchase Total War: Pharaoh at https://pharaoh.totalwar.com/. Music in all episodes by Richard Beddow © Creative Assembly 2023. See the History of Egypt Podcast on all podcasting apps and at www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Select references: D. D. Baker, Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300—1069 BC (2008). A. Dodson, Poisoned Legacy: The Decline and Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty (2016). A. Dodson and D. Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt (2004). R. W. Hopper, ‘The Monuments of Amenmesse and Seti II: A Historical Inquiry’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, The University of Memphis (2010). K. L. Johnson and P. J. Brand, ‘Prince Seti-Merneptah, Chancellor Bay and the Bark Shrine of Seti II at Karnak’, Journal of Egyptian History 6 (2013), 19—45. K. A. Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions Translated and Annotated: Translations Volume IV: Merenptah & The Late Nineteenth Dynasty (2003). R. J. Leprohon, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (2013). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In the name of Mahat, let us claim your birthright.
0:10.8	Welcome to the history of Egypt podcast and Total War Pharaoh.
0:15.4	This is an introduction to Seti II, one of the faction leaders who commands powerful
0:20.9	armies in the Nile Valley of Egypt.
0:23.9	In this episode, we will explore the unusual history of Seti himself, an interesting
0:29.3	Pharaoh who faced a challenging path to rule.
0:33.2	Then we will see how Seti II begins his journey within Total War Pharaoh and consider
0:39.0	the legacy that you may wish to achieve.
0:50.1	Seti II is a curious figure.
0:52.7	Historically, his claim to rule was probably the most legitimate out of all the characters
0:58.4	that appear in Total War Pharaoh, and yet his reign was also the most unstable, and
1:05.2	he faced the greatest challenges to his legitimacy.
1:08.7	The man whom we know as Seti II was one of the sons for King Mernepta, this made him
1:15.5	a grandson of Remesys II and a great grandson of Seti I.
1:21.7	Part of the August lineage, the young prince Seti, had a natural rise to power, as the
1:27.3	chosen heir to his father Mernepta, he ascended the throne when Mernepta finally died.
1:34.4	Hypothetically, he should have had a smooth and easy reign, and yet it was anything but.
1:40.3	Six months into his first year of rule, Seti II received news.
1:45.3	Amen Messi, the former Viceroy of Kush, had risen up in rebellion.
1:50.7	Amen Messi had declared himself the King of Southern and Northern Egypt, and from his
1:56.1	base in Nubia to the South, Amen Messi was gathering support.
2:00.8	Over the next 12 to 18 months, the rebellion spread, until Amen Messi took control of
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