Hanno ( xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤀 , ) was a Carthaginian general serving under
Mago Barca
Mago Barca ( xpu, 𐤌𐤂𐤍 𐤁𐤓𐤒, ; 243–203BC) was a Barcid Carthaginian who played an important role in the Second Punic War, leading forces of Carthage against the Roman Republic in Iberia and northern and central Italy. Ma ...
in the
Second Punic War
The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For 17 years the two states struggled for supremacy, primarily in Ital ...
. He is sometimes mistaken for
Hanno, son of Bomilcar Hanno ( xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤀 , ), distinguished as the son of the suffet Bomilcar, was a Carthaginian officer in the Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC).
Biography
He was a nephew of Hannibal Barca, Carthage's leading general. Hanno's mother was one o ...
.
[Lazenby, J.F, ''Hannibal's War'', p. 95-96][William Smith, ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volumen 2'']
Biography
He was sent to Spain in 206 BC by the Carthaginian senate to recruit
Spanish mercenaries
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along with Mago Barca. Despite gathering an army in
Celtiberia
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, including the mythical
Larus
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, they were defeated and captured by the Romans under
Marcus Junius Silanus.
[
After reaching Gades, Mago sent a prefect similarly named Hanno, who was defeated and killed by Silanus in 206 BC in the Battle of the Guadalquivir.
]
See also
* Other Hannos in Carthaginian history
References
Citations
Bibliography
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External links
Index of names: Hanno
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204 BC deaths
Carthaginian commanders of the Second Punic War
Year of birth unknown
3rd-century BC Punic people