Tlacateccatl

In the Aztec military, tlacateccatl (pronounced [t͡ɬaːkaˈteːkkat͡ɬ]) 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".

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
A tlacateccatl in a red cape from the Codex Mendoza.