Tlacateccatl
{{Short description|Aztec Military Rank}}
Image:Tlacateccatl.jpg (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 ({{IPA|nah|t͡ɬaːkaˈteːkkat͡ɬ|pron}}) 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".
References
- {{cite book |author=Hassig, Ross |year=1988 |title=Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |location=Norman |isbn=0-8061-2121-1}}