Editing Moctezuma II (section)

====Early military campaigns====
[[File:Victorias militares de Moctezuma II, en los folios 15v a 16v.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.25|Moctezuma's military victories listed in [[Codex Mendoza]]]]
The first military campaign during his rule, which was done in honor of his coronation, was the violent suppression of a rebellion in Nopala and Icpatepec. For this war, a force of over 60,000 soldiers from Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, [[Tepanec]] lands, [[Chalco (altépetl)|Chalco]], and [[Xochimilco]] participated, and Moctezuma himself went to the frontlines. Approximately 5100 prisoners were taken after the campaign, many of whom were given to inhabitants of Tenochtitlan and Chalco as slaves, while the rest were sacrificed in his honor on the fourth day of his coronation. In Nopala, Mexica soldiers committed a massacre and burned down the temples and houses, going against Moctezuma's wishes.{{sfn|Hassig|1988|p=219}} After the campaign, celebrations for his coronation continued in Tenochtitlan.{{sfn|Durán|1867|pp=422–425, 430}} Moctezuma's territorial expansion, however, would not truly begin until another rebellion was suppressed in Tlachquiauhco (today known as [[Tlaxiaco]]), where its ruler, Malinalli, was killed after trying to start the rebellion. In this campaign, all adults above the age of 50 within the city were killed under Moctezuma's orders as he blamed them for the rebellion.{{sfn|Hassig|1988|p=223}} A characteristic fact about Moctezuma's wars was that a large portion of them had the purpose of suppressing rebellions rather than conquering new territory, contrary to his predecessors, whose main focus was territorial expansion.<ref name="Aragón 1931" />