Dead Cid leads battle

Here’s a fun fact for you history buffs.  This look place 909 years ago today, if my math is holding up:

Reminder from:

AncientTactics Yahoo! Group

Title:         The El Cid corpse ride.

Date:         Thursday July 10, 2008
Time:         All Day
Repeats:         This event repeats every year.
Notes:         Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (El Cid) died suddenly. Legend says his dead body was tied to his horse so that he could lead his troops in one final battle (1099AD).

- Rudy Carrera.

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