Aztec Warfare

Ross Hassig questions whether the rationale behind the fighting in Mexico which Cortes encountered in 1519 has not been misunderstood.

 Aztec warriors as shown in the 16th-century Florentine Codex (Vol. IX). Each warrior is brandishing a maquahuitl.

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