Hanno III the Great ( xpu, 𐤇‬𐤍‬𐤀‬‬, ') was a conservative politician at

Carthage Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the cla ...

during the 2nd century BC. He is known only through the historian

Appian Appian of Alexandria (; grc-gre, Ἀππιανὸς Ἀλεξανδρεύς ''Appianòs Alexandreús''; la, Appianus Alexandrinus; ) was a Greek historian with Roman citizenship who flourished during the reigns of Emperors of Rome Trajan, Ha ...

.Hoyos, ''Carthaginians'', 213–14. At the outbreak of the

Third Punic War The Third Punic War (149–146 BC) was the third and last of the Punic Wars fought between Carthage and Rome. The war was fought entirely within Carthaginian territory, in modern northern Tunisia. When the Second Punic War ended in 201 ...

, he stood for a good relationship with

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

and viewed

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

, rather than

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

, as a possible place of expansion. Leading a large section of the Carthaginian aristocracy, he rendered the efforts of the Barcid family in Spain useless.Scullard and Cary, ''Rome''. It is possible that Hanno, who is not recorded by Appian as playing any role in the third war itself, never existed and is the product of Appian's confusion. This would make him a double of

Hanno II the Great Hanno II the Great ( xpu, 𐤇‬𐤍‬𐤀‬‬, ) was a wealthy Carthaginian aristocrat in the 3rd century BC. Hanno's wealth was based on the land he owned in Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, and during the First Punic War he led the ...

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Bibliography

* Charles-Picard, Gilbert; Picard, Colette. ''Life and Death of Carthage''. Taplinger, 1968. *Hoyos, Dexter. ''The Carthaginians''. Routledge, 2010. *Huss, Werner
''Geschichte der Karthager''
C.H. Beck, 1985. {{ISBN, 9783406306549 *Scullard, H. H.; Cary, M. ''A History of Rome: Down to the Reign of Constantine''. Palgrave, 1976. *Warmington, B. H. ''Carthage''. Robert Hale, 1960. Carthaginians Third Punic War