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kilometers (1,200 miles), requiring 59 to 99 days, exclusive of days needed for combat, rest, and regrouping. However, only 300 kilometers (190 miles) of that trek extended beyond the area of previous logistical support, requiring a round trip in that portion of 9 to 16 days. |
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On the army's return messengers were sent ahead, partly to notify local lords of its approach and ensure a proper reception. But the primary purpose of the messages was to spread the news of the army's success and compel the local rulers to acknowledge their allegiance. The leaders' only alternative was to revolt openly, but both the speed with which the Aztecs would appear and their new campaign success doomed that option. |
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The army went to Huaxyacac to rest and then marched on to Tepeyacac, Itzyocan, Chalco, Cuixtepec, Amaquemecan, Tlalmanalco, and Tlapechhuacan, Tlapitzahuayan (where a temple to Tezcatl-Ihpoca was located), Ixtlapalapan (where a temple to Huitzilopochtli was located), Mexicatzinco, and finally to Tenochtitlan.
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As part of the emphasis on public recognition of military skills and exploits, the king granted insignia commemorating great deeds to the deserving warriors. Ahuitzotl adopted the quetzal feather crest devices captured in the Tecuantepec campaign as part of his own insignia.58 |
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Thereafter, the Aztecs continued the pressure on the enemy city-states to the east by engaging in a flower war against Atlixco in 1499.59 But Huexotzinco entered the battle, too, and its participation appears to have been the more significant (see map 15). |
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The Aztecs engaged in only one more major campaign during Ahuitzotl's reign, in the region south of Tecuantepec. Two reasons are given for this campaign. First, Aztec merchants were attacked and killed at Xolotlan, Ayotlan, Mazatlan, and Xoconochco. Second, Xoconochco, Mazatlan, and Xolotlan had allegedly retaliated against Tecuantepec for having submitted to the Aztecs. |
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