One captive earns a decorated cloak, the first rung of Aztec military rank.
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Your Life at Every Rank of the Aztec Army. The only army where your career was measured in prisoners taken alive. Bottom: the macehualli commoner conscripted from his calpulli, wooden club, barred from cotton, jewellery and sandals. The ladder was public: one captive earns a cloak, two better weapons, four gets you into the Eagle and Jaguar orders with costumes, land and tribute. Take none after several campaigns and you were pushed into porter work, publicly marked. Top: tlacateccatl and tlacoc Full video — Your Life at Every Rank of the Aztec Army: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObQjpSLeEdY
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