underlining the Mexican splendor and the importance of the pre-Hispanic or Mesoamerican antecedents of our country ”, Diego Prieto, director of INAH said. In popular culture Under the name Teomitl, Ahuitzotl is a primary character in the Obsidian and Blood series by Aliette de Bodard, which are set in the last year of the reign of Axayacatl and the first years of the reign of Tizoc. In the historical fiction novel, "Aztec" by Gary Jennings, Ahuitzotl is a prominent character. Set in the time just before the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors, it accounts his construction of the many expansions of Tenochtitlan, and wars of conquest, trade, and proclivities. References Bibliography Townsend, Richard F. (2000) The Aztecs. revised ed. Thames and Hudson, New York. Hassig, Ross (1988) Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. Aztec nobility Tenochca tlatoque Year of birth unknown 15th-century births 1502 deaths 15th-century monarchs in North America 15th-century indigenous people of the Americas 15th century in the Aztec civilization 1500s in the Aztec civilization Nobility of the Americas