Tlacateccatl

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Tlacateccatl pictured in the Codex Mendoza folio 67r. He is brandishing a shield (chimalli) and a lance (tepoztopilli), he wears dyed cotton armour and has a banner (pamitl) on his back

Tlacateccatl [tɬa:ka'tekkatɬ] ("Cutter of men") was the Aztec military title roughly equivalent to the modern title of General. The Tlacateccatl was in charge of the Tlacatecco, a military quarter in the center of the aztec capital Tenochtitlan.

In wartime he was second-in-command to the Tlatoani (the ruler) and the Tlacochcalcatl (High General).

The Tlacateccatl was always a member of the military order of the Cuachicqueh "the shorn ones".

[edit] References

• Hassig, Ross (1988). Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-2121-1.