macehualtiny = macehualtinEl macehualtin were the plebeian social class in the Aztec Empire. During the reign of Moctezuma II ( 1502-1520 ) that were forbidden to serve in the Royal palaces, since this Monarch was expanded the gap between pipiltin ( noble ) and macehualtin.Como Aztec society was in part focused on war - every Aztec male received military training basic from an early age - the only possibility of upward social mobility for macehualtin was through military achievement - especially the taking of captives ( Maltin [Maltin] noun Malli ). After the Spanish conquest, the word nahuatl macehualli was adopted in Spanish colonial macehual, and was used by all the new Spain as a synonym for " commoner 34, " 34 subject; and " 34 native.
