Hanno
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Hanno is a name that can refer to the following entities:
- Hanno the Navigator, Carthaginian explorer - 600 BC
- Hanno the Elder, Carthaginian general defeated in 207 BC, spain.
- Hanno the Great, Carthaginian statesman and general pro-roman in the Second Punic War and after.
- Hanno the Rab, Carthaginian politician
- Hanno von Sangerhausen, great master of the Teutonic Knights
- Hanno the elephant, Pope Leo X's pet ( c1510- 8 June 1516)
- Hanno crater, a crater in the Moon
- Hanno, Saitama, a town in Japan
- Hanno was also a very common name in Punic Carthage. Hence, in the time of the Punic Wars there were several generals with this name, mentioned briefly by contemporary sources.