Tlacateccatl
Sign in to savethumb|A tlacateccatl pictured in the Codex Mendoza (folio 67 recto). He is brandishing a shield (chimalli) and a lance ([[tepoztopilli), wears dyed cotton armour, and has a banner (pamitl) on his back]]
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thumb|A tlacateccatl pictured in the Codex Mendoza (folio 67 recto). He is brandishing a shield (chimalli) and a lance ([[tepoztopilli), wears dyed cotton armour, and has a banner (pamitl) on his back]]
In the Aztec military, tlacateccatl () was a title roughly equivalent to 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 ("ruler", "king") and the tlacochcalcatl ("high general"). The tlacateccatl was always a member of the military order of the Cuachicqueh, "the shorn ones". thumbnail|left|A tlacateccatl in a red cape from the Codex Mendoza.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tlacateccatl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.