Tlaxcala was a pre-Columbian city and state in central Mexico.
Tlaxcala Glyph
Tlaxcaltecâ allies accompany Hernán Cortés during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire, 1519, from the History of Tlaxcala.
"The Tlaxcallan Senate", depiction of the Tlaxcalan government by Rodrigo Gutiérrez, 1875
The Tlaxcaltecs, or Tlaxcalteca, are a Nahua people that formed in the Puebla–Tlaxcala Valley, in the present-day territory of Mexico, during the postclassic period in Mesoamerica. One of their most d
Tlaxcala (Nahua state)
…history of conflict between the Aztecs and the Tlaxcalteca played a role in the course of events during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire: the Tlaxcalteca—seizing the chance to strike back against their hated Aztec enemies—allied with the Spanish Empire, supplying a large contingent for the multi-ethnic…
Tlaxcaltec and Spanish warriors fighting against Purépecha warriors.
Camaxtli guiding his people to the promised land, detail from the murals of the Tlaxcala Government Palace [es].
The tutelary deity of the Tlaxcaltec people, Camaxtli, in the murals of the Tlaxcala Government Palace, painted by Desiderio Hernández Xochitiotzin.
Emblems and names of the Four Lordships, with the detail of "Tlaxcallan" in the centre.