Editing Moctezuma I (section)

===Expeditions as ruler===
In the 1450s, Aztec forces under Moctezuma would invade the [[Valley of Oaxaca]] in a bid to extend Aztec hegemony.<ref name=mixtecvsaztec>{{cite news|url=https://www.houstonculture.org/mexico/oaxaca_cultures.html|title=The Mixtecs And Zapotecs: Two Enduring Cultures of Oaxaca|first=John P.|last=Schmal|publisher=Houston Institute for Culture|accessdate=October 2, 2024}}</ref>  In about 1458, Moctezuma led an expedition into [[Mixtec]] territory against the city-state of [[Coixtlahuaca]]. The Mixtecs were defeated, despite the support of contingents of [[Tlaxcala (Nahua state)|Tlaxcala]] and [[Huexotzinco]] warriors, traditional enemies of the Aztecs. While most of the defeated princes were allowed to retain their positions, the Mixtec ruler Atonal was ritually strangled and his family was taken as slaves. The [[Codex Mendoza]] records that the tribute owed by [[Coixtlahuaca]] consisted of 2000 blankets (of five types), two military outfits with headdresses and shields, green gemstone beads, 800 bunches of green feathers, 40 bags of cochineal dye, and 20 bowls of gold dust. He took many girls from [[Coixtlahuaca]] and had ten harems all to himself. He stole three of them from his dead brother Huehue Zaca.<ref>Smith (2003, p. 161).</ref> Similar campaigns were conducted against [[Cosamaloapan]], Ahuilizapan ([[Orizaba]]), and Cuetlachtlan ([[Cotaxtla]]).

[[File:Aztecexpansion.png|thumb|none|400px|Map showing the expansion of the Aztec empire showing the areas conquered by the Aztec rulers. The conquests of Moctezuma is marked by the colour pink.<ref>Map based on Hassig (1988)</ref>]]