Military

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all boys at age 15 were trained to become warriors for the aztec

empire. through that time period they were drafted into the aztec army.

The reason why they aztec's fought were for territory, resources,

sacrificial victims and to quash rebellions. through fighting, they

covered 200,000 square kilometers and 371 city states in that certain

area. The military commander in chief was the king himself, known as the

tlatoani. The second in command was the cihuacoatl. next would be four

other high ranked militants, who were usually related to the king.