ax te ca . ▁In ▁ 1 4 8 7 , ▁the ▁Hu ax te ca ▁revol ted ▁against ▁their ▁over l ords , ▁leading ▁the ▁Mex ica ▁to ▁launch ▁a ▁gen oc idal ▁war ▁against ▁the ▁Hu ax te ca , ▁with ▁every ▁captured ▁Hu ax te ca ▁being ▁march ed ▁back ▁to ▁T eno cht it lan .. ▁Mex ica ▁accounts ▁bo ast ▁that ▁over ▁four ▁days , ▁ 8 0 , ▁ 0 0 0 ▁Hu ax te ca ▁men , ▁women ▁and ▁children ▁were ▁killed ▁to ▁celebr ate ▁the ▁opening ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁Py ram id ▁of ▁T eno cht it lan ▁and ▁the ▁Hu ax te ca ▁were ▁no ▁more , ▁through ▁Cl end innen ▁ca ution ed ▁that ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 0 0 0 ▁killed ▁is ▁more ▁a ▁real istic ▁number . ▁▁ ▁At ▁the ▁foot ▁of ▁the ▁py ram id , ▁the ▁chief ▁priest ▁and ▁war riors ▁gre et ed ▁" To ci " ▁and ▁" her " ▁four ▁young ▁men , ▁and ▁would ▁fle e ▁in ▁mock ▁terror ▁as ▁" To ci " ▁and ▁company ▁would ▁swe ep ▁the ▁streets ▁on ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁Great ▁Py ram id . ▁The ▁mock - ter ror ▁of ▁the ▁war riors ▁was ▁all ▁the ▁more ▁remarkable ▁as ▁a ▁popular ▁Mex ica ▁poem ▁had ▁bo asted ▁that ▁" Here ▁no ▁one ▁fear s ▁to ▁die ▁in ▁war " ▁as ▁the ▁ag gress ively ▁militar istic ▁Mex ica ▁lo athed ▁cow ard ice ▁and ▁to ▁die ▁in