Season 1 Plot
Each episode explores a decisive clash that forged pharaonic power and sparked cultural exchanges that helped build one of the greatest empires in history.
Pharaohs at War Season 1 aired on August 28th, 2025.
Season 1 Episodes
1. Thutmose III - The Battle of Meggido
Founded the legend of the most warlike of pharaohs, Thutmose III, who reinvented warfare for millennia to come.
2. Ramses II - The Battle of Qadesh
A battle worthy of Hollywood that founded the glory of Ramses II when he faces the king Muwatalli II at Qadesh.
3. Ptolemy IV - The Battle of Raphia
When Pharoah Ptolemy IV confronts Antiochos the Great at Raphia, that's 100,000 men from all Mediterranean clash with dramatic consequences.
4. Cleopatra - The Battle of Actium
To regain the power and glory of the pharaohs Cleopatra defies Octavian in one of the greatest naval battles of Antiquity: the battle of Actium. Which leads to the downfall of Cleopatra and the Egyptian Empire, and the advent of Octavian as emperor.
