Atlántidan War
| Atlántidan War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Creeperian Confederation | Atlántidan Confederation | ||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 2,000 | 1,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown |
1,000 killed 3,000 enslaved | ||||||||
The Atlántidan War[note 1] was fought on the Atlántidan Peninsula between the Creeperian Confederation and the Atlántidan Confederation during the late 150s BC.
During the construction of the pyramid, Xiuhcoatl I began a war against the Atlántidan Confederacy after a series of Atlántidan raids on Amacha towns and cities, including Tecuauh which was sacked in 154 BC. The Creeperans fought a series of battles in the Atlántidan Peninsula against the Atlántidans led by Cahualan. After a final defeat at the Battle of Acatepec in 151 BC, Cahualan and the remaining Atlántidan forces fled south of the Sil River, which demarcated the southernmost extent of the Atlántidan Confederacy resulting in its effective dissolution. The Atlántidans captured during the war were used for slave labor and sacrificed. The Creeperans would continue to raid and attack Atlántidan territory south of the Sil River until 540 AD to capture more slaves to be used in construction projects and to be sacrificed.
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Background
The border between the Creeperian Confederation and the Atlántidan Confederation was demarcated on the Atlántidan Peninsula by the Linca River in the north and the Eo River in the south. The border was broadly established during the 900s BC by the Kingdom of Cuscatlán after a failed invasion into the peninsula and the subsequent treaty signed between Cuscatlán and the Atlántidan tribes. For the succeeding 700 years, minor clashes occurred between Creeperian states and the Atlántidan tribes in the area, but no major wars occurred between them.
Course of the conflict
Atlántidan raids: 155 BC
In 155 BC, Cahualan, the leader of the Atlántidan Confederacy, launched a series of raids against towns and villages of the Amacha, one of the seven major tribes of the Creeperian Confederation. Cahualan's motive for launching the raids is unknown, mostly as a result of most of the Atlántidan script being undeciphered and poor Atlántidan record keeping, but historians have speculated that he may have wanted to garner political legitimacy or public support, as contemporary Creeperian sources believed that he usurped the throne to rise to power. The initial raids led to several towns and villages being destroyed and around thousands of people being killed or enslaved.
Ahuiliztli, the leader of the Amacha, initially believed that the raids were minor unorganized raiding parties, but as raids continued to occur throughout the year, he mobilized an army to confront the raiders to achieve a decisive victory and bring an end to the attacks. In October 155 BC, the armies of Ahuiliztli and Cahualan engaged in battle near the Amacha city of Tenayuca. Despite being outnumbered, the Atlántidans defeated the Amacha army and forced them to retreat back to Tecuauh, the Amacha's capital city.
154 BC
153 BC
152 BC
151 BC
Casualties
Aftermath
Collapse of the Atlántidan Confederacy
Creeperian control of northern Atlántida
Creeperian raids in southern Atlántida
Legacy
See also
Notes
- ↑ The war was referred to as the "Atlántidan War" (Pre-Old Creeperian: Ատլատիտա Յաոյոտլ, transliterated: Atlatita Yaoyotl) by contemporary Creeperian sources. The contemporary Atlántidan name for the war is unknown.
