The Conquerors — Season 1, Episode 6: El Cid

Episode synopsis

Though his name was Rodrigo Diaz, he was known simply as El Cid (The Leader). Yet recent scholarship has exposed many gaps between truth and myth in the tales about Spain's first national hero. Was he, as one contemporary said, ""the scourge of his time""? Or are the tales recorded in the epic Poema de Mio Cid a more accurate picture of this unique man?

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• E3Andrew Jackson - Conqueror of Florida
• E4Cortés - Conqueror of Mexico
• E5John G. Freemont - Conqueror of California
• E7Marshal Zhukov - WWII Conqueror of Berlin
• E8Sherman's March to the Sea
• E9Cromwell - Conqueror of Ireland
• E10King David
• E11Napoleon's Greatest Victory
• E12Caesar - Conqueror of Gaul
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