Flower war

Flower War
Date1454 – 1519
Location
Central Mexico
Result Cholula and Atlixco incorporated into The Aztec Empire
Tlaxcala and Huejotzingo lose trade routes
Belligerents
Aztec Empire Tlaxcala Cholula Huejotzingo Atlixco

A flower war or flowery war (Nahuatl languages: xōchiyāōyōtl, Spanish: guerra florida) was a ritual war fought intermittently between the Aztec Triple Alliance and its enemies on and off for many years in the vicinity and the regions around the ancient and vital city of Tenochtitlan, probably ending with the arrival of the Spaniards in 1519. Enemies included the city-states of Tlaxcala, Huejotzingo, and Cholula in the Tlaxcala-Pueblan Valley in central Mexico. In these wars, participants would fight according to a set of conventions.

During the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, Tlaxcala allied with the Spaniards against the Aztecs, being eager to see their longtime flower war enemies overthrown.

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