Editing Moctezuma II (section)

===Coronation===
[[File:Stone of the Five Suns.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Stone of the Five Suns, a stone with inscriptions in [[Nahuatl writing]] depicting the date 15 July 1503 in the Aztec calendar. Some historians believe this to be the date on which Moctezuma was crowned.]]
[[File:Coronation Stone of Motecuhzoma II.png|thumb|Annotation of Moctezuma's coronation stone to allow for increased legibility. The primary function of this stone was to commemorate the reign of Emperor Moteuczoma II. This stone legitimizes Mocteczuma's rule and contextualizes his reign with the cosmological view of Aztec history. In the annotated image, the [[Five Suns|five suns]] of the Aztecs are indicated. They are significant in the timeline of Aztec civilization. Each sun represents the belief of the Aztec people that the world has gone through five distinct cycles of creation and destruction. One should read the stone starting with the first Sun in the bottom right and moving counterclockwise (following the blue arrows in the annotation). The fifth sun in the center of the stone represents the present era of the Aztecs.]]

The year in which Moctezuma was crowned is uncertain. Most historians suggest the year 1502 to be most likely, though some have argued in favor of the year 1503. A work currently held at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]] known as the Stone of the Five Suns is an inscription written in stone representing the [[Five Suns]] and a date le 11 reed,{{clarify|reason=should there be quotation marks here somewhere?|date=June 2024}} which is equivalent to 15 July 1503 in the [[Gregorian calendar]]. Some historians believe this to be the exact date on which the coronation took place, as it is also included in some primary sources.{{sfn|Durán|1867|p=422}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artic.edu/artworks/75644/coronation-stone-of-motecuhzoma-ii-stone-of-the-five-suns|title=Coronation Stone of Moteuczoma II|website=Art Institute of Chicago|access-date=29 December 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207085146/https://www.artic.edu/artworks/75644/coronation-stone-of-motecuhzoma-ii-stone-of-the-five-suns|archive-date=7 December 2020}}</ref> Other dates have been given from the same year; [[Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl]] states that the coronation took place on 24 May 1503.{{sfn|de Alva Ixtlilxóchitl|1892|p=306}} However, most documents say Moctezuma's coronation happened in the year 1502, and therefore most historians believe this to have been the actual date.<ref name="Carrillo de Albornoz" />