title: Hanno the Elder
text: Hanno (, ) was a Carthaginian general serving under Mago Barca in the Second Punic War. He is sometimes mistaken for Hanno, son of Bomilcar.
  
  Biography
  He was sent to Spain in 206 BC by the Carthaginian senate to recruit Spanish mercenaries along with Mago Barca. Despite gathering an army in Celtiberia, including the mythical Larus, 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
  
  204 BC deaths
  Carthaginian commanders of the Second Punic War
  Year of birth unknown
  3rd-century BC Punic people