erected by the rulers responsible for this new occupation in the Late Classic, was disfigured when the city suffered a catastrophic defeat in the eighth century.
The first reference to Ceibal in glyphic inscriptions was found on Stela 15 Dos Pilas , dating from October 13, 721; mentions that Ceibal was involved in the long war between the great cities of Tikal and Calakmul and their allies and vassals. Dos Pilas was a newly founded city of Tikal in the region Petexbatún , in order to exercise control over the Pasión River, a strategy that backfired when he took control of the kingdom Calakmul incipient.
Defeat
In the year 735 Ucha'an K'in B'alam , the third king of Dos Pilas Ceibal attacked, capturing aYich'aak B'alam . The captive king was not executed, but rather became a vassal of his more powerful neighbor. To celebrate his victory over Ceibal Ucha'an B'alam K'in up monuments at Dos Pilas, Aguateca and Ceibal. In Stela 2 Aguateca , Yich'aak B'alam is represented under the feet of Ucha'an K'in B'alam. In Ceibal built a stairway glyphic to mark the new status of the city as a vassal of Two Batteries. While erecting monuments to celebrate their victory, Ucha'an K'in B'alam also ordered the destruction of the glyphs in the previous monuments Ceibal, Dos Pilas inscriptions found in Aguateca and make mention of the destruction of the glyphs representing the previous history Ceibal, with phrases that translate as "writing destroyed" and "cut the writing of the statues that were made".
B'alam Yich'aak Ceibal continued to rule as a vassal of K'awiil Chan K'inich , the next king of Dos Pilas, who presided over the rites ceibal in years 745 and 747. Ceibal regained its independence in the late eighth century , after the destruction of the kingdom of Dos Pilas. Ajaw B'ot acceded to the throne in 771, marking the restoration of Ceibal as capital of an
