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Ahuitzotl () was the eighth
Aztec ruler, the
Hueyi Tlatoani, of the city of
Tenochtitlan. He was responsible for much of the expansion of the Mexica domain, and consolidated the empire's power after a weak performance by his predecessor. He took power as
Tlatoani in the year
7 Rabbit (
1486), after the death of his predecessor
Tízoc.
Perhaps the greatest known military leader of
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, Ahuitzotl began his reign by suppressing a
Huastec rebellion, and then swiftly more than doubled the size of lands under Aztec dominance. He conquered the
Mixtec,
Zapotec, and other peoples from Mexico's
Pacific coast down to the western part of
Guatemala. Ahuitzotl also supervised a major rebuilding of Tenochtitlan on a grander scale including the expansion of the Great Pyramid or
Templo Mayor in the year
8 Reed (
1487). According to some sources, he ordered over 20,000 people to be sacrificed in the dedication of the Great Pyramid.
Ahuitzotl died in the year
10 Rabbit (
1502) and was succeeded by his nephew,
Moctezuma II.
Ahuitzotl took his name from the animal
Ahuitzotl, but it appears the Aztecs thought of it as a creature in its own right, and not merely a mythical beast representing the king.
Map
Tomb
On
3 August,
2007, Mexican archaeologists announced discovery of what is believed to be the
tomb of Ahuitzotl beneath a sculpture of
Tlaltecuhtli near the
Zócalo in Mexico City.
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