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This southward thrust was the most ambitious Aztec expansion using overt military power during Itzcoatl's reign.
59 The target was far from Tenochtitlan, and the conquest required several armies, but the logistical difficulties were eased by the presence of an allyXiuhtepecwhich enabled the troops to march for a number of days and still be reliably supplied. The Aztecs had consolidated areas within the basin of Mexico and extended into the west and southwest, and areas to the east were held by their Acolhua allies. Chalco remained unsubdued, but it was contained through the flower war and posed little offensive threat. |
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