 The Tarascan capital was located at Tzintzuntzan on the banks of Lake Pátzcuaro, and, according to Purépecha oral tradition was founded by the first "cazonci" Tariácuri and dominated by his lineage, the ""Uacúsecha"" ("Eagles" in Purépecha language); however the largest city may have been Angamuco, extensive ruins of which were discovered in 2012 using LiDAR technology.The Tarascan state was contemporary with and an enemy of the Aztec Empire, against which it fought many wars.The Tarascan empire blocked Aztec expansion to the northwest, and the Tarascans fortified and patrolled their frontiers with the Aztecs, possibly developing the first truly territorial state of Mesoamerica.