Ramsesses II Vs. Xerxes I

In this matchup, I will see how one of the greatest Pharaohs of Egypt will face off against one of the king of kings off the Persian empire.

I present:

Ramsesses II Vs. Xerxes I







This battle between two famous leaders will be fought out and since both groups are famous for their chariots, the battle will be on chariots. That means that both leaders get one warrior to steer the chariot, who will wear the same armour as their master. They might get some fighting to do but they will not be accounted for in the final results.

Ramsesses II

Ramses was born around 1300 BC and died around 1213 BC in Egypt. His reign of Pharaoh was from 1279-1213 BC. He was the 13e pharaoh of the 19e dynasty. He is called the greatest pharaoh by later pharaoh's and modern scholars. He had led many military campains, the most famous of which is the battle of Kadesh in which he fought against the Hittites.
Ramses had led many battles during his life and he was known for his genial tactics and prowess in battle. He had won many battles and even the most famous one, the battle of Kadesh in which he fought in  to a draw, he was ambushed and fought against an much larger army. That he escaped from a very tight spot in which he and his small group of soldiers could keep their ground untill the main army arrived, shows what kind of leader he was.
He had an deeper connection with the Egyptian sungod Ra, having the sun in almost all pieces of art of himself. He is also known to have said that he could breath fire and defeat whole armies on hiw own.
Curious fact, the Egyptian Pharaohs thought themself children of gods. Therefore gods themselfs. In fact, they believed that they could only marry other gods, thus their own brothers and sisters. Something that Ramses was no different from.

For the weapons, I am really glad that I got the okay from monopolyman to use information from his research for the Egyptian weapons and armour.
For Short range, the weapons of choise is the khopesh sword. The Khopesh is an curved sickle sword. The sword is 20 to 24 inces and the sword is only sharp at the outside portion. The curve is usefull for slashing, but also to disarm, get begind shields or hook anything away. Apart from slashing, this weapon is also an great thrusting weapon. It is known that many pharaohs used them, some of them even got ceremonial ones in their graves.

An example of a khopesh sword in the Louvre (France)





As midrange weapon, I have chosen for the Egyptian spear. It is an rather short spear and around five to six feet. It is an spear for the commen soldier, funtional for both stabbing and slashing. This weapon could be used with one hand or two, making it an weapon that could be used in combination with shield, without a shield and from the chariot.

The leafblade design of the spear. Note the long shaft, meaning that it will be very hard for an opponent to cut the spearpoint.





For long range, the weapon is the Egyptian composite horned bow. The arrowheads are made of iron and have two barbs. The arrow was meant to get through scale armour. The bow was given to the most important warriors in the Egyptian army, the charioteers. They were able to shoot very adequat with this bow and could shoot around 10 arrows within a minute.

An example of the bow. i could not find a better picure myself, so i 'borrowed' this one and the pic of the spear from monopolyman





As special weapon, there is the piercing axe.
In all of the history of ancient Egypt, axes had always been used for battle. Great to use, easy to manufactur. All those axes were hacking axes, meant to cut the opponent to pieces. When the Egyptians encountered the Hittites as opponents, they found out that the armour of the opponent withstood the attacks of the axe. The Egyptians came with an solution, the piercing axe. This axe was made to get trough armour and helmets.

The Piercingaxe was longer, more straight and more narrow then the older axes, meaning an better penetration.






The commen Egyptian warriors wore almost no armour, with the pharaoh being an exeption. It is written down what Ramses has worn in combat. He wore scalearmour for the torso, with sleeves. he wore no armour in the lower body because that part was mostly covered by chariots. That means that Ramses might have a problem if he is forced off his chariot. Also, the pharaoh wore an bronze helmet as the only one in the army.
The Egyptians also used shields. During the new kingdom, two types of shields were used by Egyptians. The wooden shields covered with leather and covered with bronze. Due to the fact that bronze was very rare and especially as shields, I will use the leather one.

This is an example of the shape of the Egyptian shield  Normally hold by special men in the chariot. Now the Pharaoh will keep one himself because he probably is very capable to do so.







For the last aspect of this ancient warrior, we will take a look at his vehicle. The chariot. The Egyptians used chariots a lot in battle, during the battle of Kadesh, there were around 3000 of those things on the battlefield. The egytian chariot is very light and small, making it agile and easy to move around opponents. The chariots were always pulled by two horses.
Normally, there were two and sometimes three persons inside a chariot. Inside the chariot were the one who steered it and the charioteer who used the bow and arrow and other weapons from the vehicle. The final man was sometimes included in bigger chariots carried the shield to protect the charioteer. The group also had an runner, whose job it was to run next to the chariot to protect it.
I don't want this battle to become a group battle and besides Ramses (the charioteer) there will be one more man, who steeres it. He will wear the same armour, seeing as he steeres the royal chariot, but no helmet.

Here a picture of the chariot. The chariot would have been bigger and it is clear that this is an impression of the artist.







X-factor
Ramses believed he was a god and his people believed it too. He himself was convinced he was the son of Ra and therefore a god himself. He also thougt himself very poweful, an example is that he had written down after the battle of Kadesh, that the Egyptian army was victorious and he destroyed the whole opposing army alone, using the fire in his breath.
If you are convinced you are a god, there is nobody who is going to stop you.

Two youtube clips that need your attention

This first clip shows the skull of Ramses II and with the use of modern technology, we can find out how he did look like.

Part one of a docu about Ramses. Great info about a legendary man. I suggest you guys watch all nine pieces.

Xerxes I

Xerxes was born on 519 BC and he died in 465 BC. This Persian king ruled from 486 untill his death in 465 BC. He was son of Darius the Great and was called Xerxes the Great himself. He was from the royal house of Achaemenid and believed in Zoroastrainism.
Xerxes was not the first son of Darius and the kingship should not have been given to him since the rule was and is that only the oldest son can be king. But he was the first son of his mother, who was a daughter of Cyrus the Great, stronging the royal blood in his vains. due to the power of his mother, Xerxes was never questioned as king. As soon as he was crowned king, Xerxes took care of an revolt in Egypt and Babylon. He named his brother governour of Egypt and forsaking the These titles meant that he was king of the world, so all of the world that was controlled by Persia.
All of you who have seen the movie 300, have a picture of Xerxes as an very fat pierced man. An sort punk version of a giant. The problem is, that this version could not be more wrong.
The information regarding the battles of Xerxes against Greece should be read by you all because it is very impressive. i will however highlight one aspect. When Xerxes tried to build a bridge over the Hellespont the first time, it did not work out. A storm destroyed the bridge. Xerxes had the Hellespont punished by whipping the water 300 times and he ordered fetters thrown into it. Or at least that is what Herodotus reported. It should be noted that water was considered the embodyment of a god and that he was actually punishing the god of Hellespont.
In the end, he was murdered by a royal bodyguard and commander with the name of Artabanus.

For the weapons, There is not much known about the weapons that Xerxes would have worn personally but i believe that it would be very similiar, if not the same as the weapons of the immortals. Good historical leaders are shown to be adept fighters themselfs, otherwise, they would have been murdered rather quick. Also, the immortals are known to have fought a lot under Xerxes and since he was the king, he would have had the best training and the best weapons, which all was that of the immortals. I hope you guys understand my choosing of weapons, it was really hard.
For short range, the weapon i have chosen is the acinaces. The acinaces is a short sword from around the 14 to 18 inces. It is an dubbel edged weapon but was mainly used for thrusting attacks. How the weapon further looks like differ per weapon.
Ancient texts say very little about the use of the acinaces but the Latin texts refer to a lot of strange swords as an acinaces. Note that our Greek philosopher Heredotes says that after Xerxes had punished Hellespont, he gave the sea an acinaces.

Here are two examples of Acinaca, note the scabberd which was nearly aways decorated.
Also note that i will use acinaca or acinaces in the rest of this writing. Both names are used commenly for this weapon.





The weapon that will be used at midrange is the thrusting spear.This weapon has been featured at deadliest warrior and you guys all have seen the killing potential. The spear is a thrusting spear that was six a seven feet long. These spears had an counterweight that looked a lot like an apple and the warriors who used them got known as apple bearers. The counterweight was made of metal and the sort metal depended on the rank of the warrior. If it was a commen soldier, the counterweight would have been bronze, with more elite soldiers silver and officers had golden ones. Since we use a king here, the counterweight will be made of gold. As yuou also saw in the show, this was the main weapon of the Persian warrior that could be used in conjuction with the shield in an upperhand stance. This weapon would be very usefull from an chariot and the counterweight could be used to bludgeon opponents.

As for long range, the weapon that will be used his the recurved bow. Its a very powerfull bow made of wood, horn and pendon. The arrows are two and a half feet long, are made of cane and with a bronze point. Normallu the quiver would have been worn on the hip, but the Immortals, who needed to fight, carried it on the back. Xerxes loved the bow and if i can believe the Deadliest warrior wiki, he has said and i quote: 'I will conqueror Greece with my archers' It should be noted that the arrows are very light and will have trouble penetrating armour.

This is a statue of the myth of Arash the archer, who put his soul in his arrow and shot an arrow that saved the country. This statue gives an great impression of how the bow looks like.







For the special weapon, I have chosen for the sagaris.  The sagaris is an light battleaxe, that would have been used mostly by calvery. It had an axe on one side and an spike on the opposite end. It would be used mostly one-handed. This weapon was introduced in Persia in the early achaemenid empire. The sagaris was strong enough to cut through bronze, in fact, Alexander the Great almost got killed by this weapon, cleaving through his helmet. He was saved only by a soldier who was able to kill the Persian wielding the Sagaris. It was an brutal weapon that took the hearts of the warriors using it. A good number of soldiers choose to use this weapon as close combat weapon instead of a sword. This weapon might be one of the most important in the arsenal of Xerxes.

An drawing of a Persian warrior holding the sagaris.
Where I found this picture, it was similair to modern ice axes. I have never seen an ice axe and cannot tell if this is correct.







As with the Egyptians, The Persians wore little to no armour and again, just like the Egyptians, only the wealthiest warriors could pay for armour. The wealthiest men were usually calvery but the king would have worn this armour also. Most armour I will use, would have been worn by calvery but that was because they could afford it. The king clearly could.
The armour used by the Persian king will be a scale hauberk. Scale armour was used a lot in the east and it is no coincidense that both the Egyptians and the Persians used this armour. Sometimes it was worn under normal clothing, it protected the body of the user due to the scales closely sewn together.

This is an scale hauberk with Greek Influences. This is a bit late for Xerxes but the one Xerxes would use, would have been similair.






As with the armour, an helmet would mostly be worn by the warriors with the most money. The best helmet was an bronze one and that was what Xerxes would have had worn when he went to battle. It is an solid good defence to protect the head.

As last form of defence, the Persian king would have the gerron shield. This shield was made of wicker, with leather on it. The gerron has the form of an eight and the vertical grip is in the centre.

an example of the very common gerron. Note that it only works well against light weapons.




The persian chariot is different then that of the Egyptians. The Egyptian chariots are small and light, the Persian chariots are rather big and much slower. The Persians liked an good sturdy chariot that was well build but also could ram other chariots. The Chariot was ofcourse much bigger and was pulled by four horses instead of two. Also, during the achaemenid age, the chariots was used by officers mostly and was not that commen in the army. Again, only the most important warriors would use one.

Here is an example of the Persian chariots. As you can see, it is much bigger then its Egyptian adversary. Note that there is an scythe on this chariot, but scythes were mostly used against lines of infantry and would not always been used. In this duel, the scythe would not have seen much action and because it would be another weapon, I leave it out of the fight.



X-factor
The x factor of Xerxes is above all his ruthlessnes. He destroyed riots in Egypt, took an important babylon statue and melted it down to stop riots in Babylon. Ofcourse, there is the invasion of Greece in which Xerxes wanted to punish Athens for the help in the Ionian Revolt and the defeat of his father at the battle of Marathon.  He punished Athens hard and some stories said that he burned the whole city to the ground, altough there is spoken about the fire being an accident. But in all his accounts, his brutality of punishements have always been in all his actions.

This is an vid I found of an amateur who did his own documentary, very good done. Check out the other ones of the Greek/Persian war


The edges:

Khopesh Vs. Acinaca
- We have two swords in this test. Both swords can slash, but the khopesh is better at it, both swords can thrust but the akinaka is better at it. The khopesh is curved with only one sharp egde, the acinaca has two sharp egdes. The khopesh is longer with at the maximum length of both weapons, the khopesh is 6 inces longer. With that, the khopesh can hook around shields or get to the neck of back of the knee. Both swords can be used together with an shield.

- If we compare both weapons against the armour, we see that both slashing abilities won't be very effective against the scale armour that both warriors use. The khopesh gets small points for the ability to severe an arm since the Persian armour does not reach to the arms. With thrusting power, both suits of armour can actually hold against some attacks but not much stabs. Anyway, I expect both weapons to peform the same way. With the shields, the akinaka will have trouble getting past the wood with leather shield while the khopesh will tear right trough the wicker shield.

- As for the skill of both weapons, they are as hard to master and both warriors are known to have had these weapons and be very good with handling it.

- In the end, I think that one weapon is just better then the other. In my opinion, the khopesh is just able to slash better, can hook behind armour or shield better and has less heavy armour to deal with. Also the fact that it is longer does not hurt. The akinakes is still a good weapon though but not as good.
Edge: Khopesh

Egyptian spear Vs. Persian spear
- The Egyptian spear is at a max 6 feet long while the Persian spear at most 8 feet long is. Thus the Persian spear is longer. Both weapons can be used with one hand while the other hand is holding a shield. Both weapons can be used from chariot. What really differs between the two is the abilitie of the Egyptian spear to cut as well as thrust and the Persian spear had the counterweight of gold that can can use its power to break bones or kill. It makes it also much lighter and the recoverytime will be far lower.

- Armourwise, both weapons will do the same damage and won't pierc the armour of the opponent easy. The Egyptian spear gets some points for the fact that it can slash and stab at the arms but the Persian spear gets the egde because the counterweight can ram into the armour and even if the armour does not break, it will not stop the force of the blow.

- Both are spears and spears are normally rather easy to learn how to handle properly. But the counterweight of the Persian spear makes it slightly harder in learning to handle and use if you want to use both sides of the weapon.

- In the end, the fact that the Persian spear can recover from an attack better and the fact that it can use the other end for blunt damage, it gets for me the egde.
Edge: Persian spear

Horned composite bow Vs. Composed Recurve bow
- Both bows are quick and can shoot a lot of arrows. In fact, they are very much similair and would peform equal in tests. Both bows were used a lot during the reign of both leaders and both weapons were made of solid material. What in my mind really differ, are the arrows. the Egyptian arrows are barbed and are known to go through armour while the Persian arrows are light and should be shot in volleys. They cannot penetrate heavy armour.

- I actually discussed this already but I'l repeat it here. The Persian arrows are light and unable to penetrate armour, while the Egyptian arrows can penetrate armour.

- Both warriors would be great with the bow. Xerxes relied much on the use of his bows and would have had an understanding and skill. Ramses was portrait a lot with bow and arrow and would have had a lot of skill too.

- In the end, the edge is clear. Altough the bows are similair, the arrows are not. In a match, the Persian arrow will bounce off the armour of Ramses, while the Egyptian arrows will penetrate the armour of Xerxes.
Edge: Horned composite bow

Piercing axe Vs. Sagaris
Both axes are used with one hand. Both axes can penetrate armour by piercing and cutting. The piercing axe has one side with which it can pierce and cut, while the sagaris has two sides, one for piercing and one for cutting. Both weapons can hook the opponent and force them on the ground and both weapons are known to be lethal in their timeperiod. While the sagaris is known to have almost killed Alexander the Great, the piercing axe was made to battle the armour of the hittites and profed dangerous good at it. Note that the armour of the hittites does not differ much from the armour of Xerxes. Both weapons could be used in combination with shield, or in some extreme cases, with another weapon. The Advantage of the sagaris is, that it can hook with one side and then attack soon after with the other.

- Both axes are documented to be able to penetrate armour. Next to that, both axes will have little trouble against dealing with shields. That said, the sagaris needs one strike to deal with the shield and then an strike to deal with the opponent itself, but seeing it has two sides, it does not need to be very much trouble for Xerxes to get to the body from the first strike. The piercing axe will rip trough the wicker gerron and hit the opponent. This means that it will need only one strike.

- Both weapon were widely used and both rulers knew how to use these weapons. For skill, i'd say that both men had a lot of skill, altough I must say that the sagaris was in use far longer then the piercing axe, which means more time to study the weapon and reach its full potential.

- Finally, it was an hard choise for me to pick one of the two as a better weapon because they are so much alike. Both were dangerous and made to kill opponents who wore armour. Both weapons were unique and had pro's that the other weapon did not have. This is clearly an case in which I would like to test both weapons to come to a conclusion. See how much they weight and how wel you can get trough armour with these weapons. I had almost called this one an even but after thinking carefully for several days, I have come to an conclusion. I first want to say that both weapons are very important for the wielders and might be the most important and dangerous weapon in the arsenal but in the end, I must give a very, very slight edge to the sagaris because this weapon has two dangerous sides that can kill, or one to distract/take the shield out and then go for the kill. This weapon also was longer in use and therefore might Xerxes be more capable of killing. It is an very slight egde and if I had to express this in numbers, i would say it was 0.5 point difference.
Edge: Sagaris (very slightly)

Small and quick chariot Vs. Heavy and strong chariot
The Egyptians used the chariots a lot during combat. Especially during the time of Ramses was the chariot important in combat. The Egyptian chariot was very small, using speed and agility to get an edge over the opponent. Outmanouvring the opponent was key to succes and saved Ramses in many battles. In the time of
Xerxes was the Persian chariot mostly used by officers to speed around the battlefield or army, but the chariot  also saw used by rampaging trough lines of opponents, using the heavy but sturdy vehicle to overrun opponents or push aside other vehicles.
For this, I chose the Egyptian chariot. I feel that small and quick chariots will have an edge over the strong one. If the Persian chariot cannot hit the Egyptian one, the bigger chariot has no use of his bigger size. Also the fact that the Egyptian chariot was used more and took lesser horses to control are pro's for the Egyptian chariot.
Edge: Egyptian chariot

 The Battle:

Ramses saw the dusty field that soon would be the host of an duel between two kings. That Persian king had made the Egyptian people suffer a lot and now it was time for revenge. Ramses rose quickly and gathered all the soldiers he could find, marching for the destruction of that king. The Persian king did not like this resistance and soon afterwards two armies marched into battle. The battle had taken weeks, no army getting the egde over the other and in the end, for the sake of his Egyptian people, Ramses has asked for a duel. Two kings fighting each other for the sake of their people on chariots. His opponent agreed but said that only one man should be allowed to come and fight next to his master. Ramses was not happy with that, he would have liked to get one man extra, but he had to give in sometimes.
Ramses was wearing his armour, good and solid scalearmour that covered his torso and arms. He also wore an helmet, as only one in the army and he had an wooden shield and an spear in his chariot, his khopesh on his side and his bow and arrows on his back. His soldier, an veteran warrior that had earned the place next to the king in many battles wore scales also as armour but instead of an helmet, the man had a big coup of hair. He was an expert rider of the chariot, one of the many reasons why Ramses had chosen him to guide the chariot in the duel to come. The soldier had an piercing axe strapped to the side, choosing the axe over any other weapon. Now he commanded the veteran soldier to ride into battle, to free his people once and for all. After all Ramses was a god, son of Ra.

Xerxes got out of the chariot to have some movement before the battle would start. At first, it seemed an Egyptian uprising that could easy be slain down, but this king of theirs, he was something else. That king or pharaoh as the Egyptians called him, believed himself to be a god. That did not matter, Xerxes had dealt with gods before. When the opponent came with an proposition of an duel, Xerxes was intrigued and in the end agreed. If only to proof that he himself was dangerous and that the Egyptian resistance was useless. He had selected his best equipment. Armour of scales that covered his torso and an gerron shield would be his defence while he had his offence with an spear with an golden counterend, made for this duel, his bow and arrows and finally the acinaca sword, an sister of the sword he had offered to the gods before. The one who would ride his chariot in battle was an ambitious young man, son of one of his generals and overeager to proof himself in the eyes of the king of kings. This young man had an sagaris. he was an calvary soldier mostly and used the axe more then a sword in battle. The young man had the same scale armour and helmet as his master. Xerxes stepped in the chariot again and after an silent nod, the two rode towards an other chariot, they rode towards battle.


As the two chariots neared each other the two mighty kings took their bows almost at the same time and started firing arrows. It turned into a cat and mouse game in which the Persians tried to use their bulk to overcome the other chariot while the Egyptians did everything they could to keep out of reach. Both parties send arrows flying over to each other, without any succes due to the high speed of the chariots.
The chariots bounced up and down on the ground as Xerxes and Ramses tried to push each other into an negative position.
The two men steering the chariots hold the reigns tight and kept full control of the chariots. The two understood their profession.
Suddenly, the Egyptian chariot hit an big rock that brought the light vehicle out of position for a few seconds. In those seconds, the Persian chariot managed get closer. Ramses knew he had a chance and shot an arrow directly at the chest of the soldier holding the reigns of the opposing chariot. The arrow hit target and send the man backwards, dropping out of the chariot. All three men who were still alive knew that this would not end well as the Egyptian chariot tried to turn to the right, the Persian chariot headed straight forward, without anyone steering it. Ramses knelt down, trying to grab the shield and spear before he could jump out.
Xerxes saw the problems coming and grabbed his spear and shield and jumped out of the chariot. As he hit the ground and landed on all fours, Ramses jumped out too, seconds before the Persian horses decided to turn so they would not hit the chariot they were heading at. The two chariots collided and the ravage hit the ground hard. The horses screamed as they were dragged with the chariots onto the ground.

Xerxes stood up, scratches all over him and his body was itching from the pain. He saw his opponent rising too, not in an better state. The two neared each other. Both armed with spear and shield. They jabbed at each other, trying to keep the other on a distance while they collected strenght to keep on going. As the two recovered strenght, the jabs got harder and more vicious. The two danced with the blows, either giving or dodging the blows. Ramses used his shield to protect against several attacks while Xerxes kept on dodging after one thrust went through the shield.
Xerxes attacked again, but the spearpoint was pushed away by the pharaoh. The Persian took the moment to step backwards and to the side. He then turned the spear and used the golden butt to hit the arm of his opponent. Ramses yelled and an second attack followed soon. The spear got knocked out of the hands of the Egyptian and before an third attack could be launced, Ramses stepped backwards. He pulled out his khopesh and blocked an attack with his shield. He then countered by slashing at the shield of his opponent, ripping the gerron in half. Xerxes threw the two halves of his shield away and gave an wild thrust at his opponent. As it missed, he thrusted again. The spear hit the wooden shield and Ramses used the moment to sidestep and slash at the spear. The curved sword hit the spear and glided down the shaft towards the hands of the opponent. Xerxes was forced to let go of his spear and stepped backwards as Ramses gave an wild strike towards his opponent.
Xerxes pulled his sword out and the swords clashed against each other. The two men fought with sweat and dirt all over the body's, ignoring the pain. Xerxes came with an slash against the shield and as Ramses held it up, Xerxes used his free hand to pull the shield away, turning the back of the pharaoh against him. He gave an slash against the armour with little effect before Ramses dropped his shield and turned around.
The fight continued and the men pushed each other forward and backward. Suddenly, Xerxes allowed himself  to be pushed backwards, to the broken chariots and the still screaming horses. Xerxes kicked some sand towards his opponent and then ducked down to grab the sagaris from the body of his young soldier, where half of the shaft of the was still stuck in the chest and the dead eyes stared into the heavens.
In an attempt to get an advantage, Xerxes tried to duelwield the sword and axe, with the acinaces in his right hand and the sagaris in his left. He stood up again and blocked an incoming attack. He then smiled and attacked with his own sword. The attack was blocked, as planned, because he brought his sagaris from the left to the right, hitting the side of the Egyptian. The eyes of Ramses got wider as he felt the axe hitting his body. He then attacked quickly himself, wanting to gain the initiative. The blow got blocked by the acinaces and Xerxes rammed the sharp point of the sagaris into the shoulder of his opponent. Ramses took a few steps back, tripping in the proces. The pharaoh fell on the sand, landing on his back. He tried to stand up but lacked the power, the khopesh lay by his hand, useless at the moment.
Xerxes smiled. Another god taken down. As he moved in to give the final strike, he felt an pain in his back. He turned his head and saw an Egyptian soldier behind him. It was the soldier who had guided the Egyptian chariot. The man had survived the crash and as he woke up, he had seen his pharaoh fighting the Persian king. He knew he had to help and had crawled out of the ravage, sneaking to his opponent, holding the piercing axe. As he stood behind the Persian, he had stricken the back, the axe breaking the armour and hitting the body. As he tried to strike again, Xerxes moves on. Blocking the attack with his sagaris, he moved in to kill with the acinaces, thrusting the sword through the throat of his opponent.
Before he could pull the sword out, Ramses slashed the back of the knees with the khopesh and rolled out of the way as Xerxes dropped on the ground. Ramses then took the piercing axe out of the hands of his dying soldier and rammed the axe into the chest of the opponent. Then the attacked again, ripping another hole in armour and chest. He pulled the piercing axe out and the Persian king stopped breathing. Xerxes was dead.
Ramses turned to his soldier, finding the man dead. 'You go with Ra' he whispered to the man who saved his life. At least his people finally were free.
Winner: Ramsesses II

I feel that Ramses would win in this fight. He had more weapons to penetrate armour and good armour himself. He was able to strike hard in both long distance and in close combat. Also the chariot was more of advantage. The second warrior was taken into account too and i feel that since the Egyptians had better armour, it took longer for the Persians to kill them then vice versa.
I am fully well aware that the Persians have beaten the Egyptians in battle and taken their land. But that were full scale wars with a lot of people on both sides. This was an battle between two important men in history who never had met in battle. In my opinion would Ramses win in such a fight between the two of them. His bow and arrows and piercing axe being the deciding factor. The win was tight though and Xerxes would strike hard. He had an problem with a useless shield and less armour. He also had one weapon that could penetrate the armour of his opponent, the sagaris, which was not enough.

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I hope you guys liked this match, I put a lot of thought behind it and that was one of the reasons why it took so long to produce this match. The next writing will be an fictional deadliest warrior episode between Batman and Sub-Zero. The next real match that I will do after that will be a battle between Hatori Hanzo against Henri V, which will be a great battle between the most famous samurai against an warriorking from England. Please leave an comment on who you think will win in this match.
See you next and thanks for reading!