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Hanno ( Italian, Annone ; c. 1510 – 8 June 1516 ) was the pet white elephant given by King Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X ( born Giovanni de ' Medici ) at his coronation.

Hanno and was
The name was derived, described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor ( circa 480 BC ) to the area that later became Sierra Leone.
After Carthage emerged victorious from the Mercenary War there were two opposing factions: the reformist party was led by Hamilcar Barca while the other, more conservative, faction was represented by Hanno the Great and the old Carthaginian aristocracy.
While Hamilcar was able to obtain the resources for his aim, the Numidians in the Atlas Mountains were not conquered, like Hanno suggested, but became vassals of Carthage.
Hasdrubal Gisco is the son of the Gesco who had served together with Hamilcar Barca, Hannibal's father, in Sicily during the First Punic War and son-in-law of Hanno the Elder who was one of Hannibal's lieutenants in Italy.
In its immediate neighborhood were fought two of the most decisive actions of the war: the Battle of Beneventum, ( 214 BC ), in which the Carthaginian general Hanno was defeated by Tiberius Gracchus ; the other in 212 BC, when the camp of Hanno, in which he had accumulated a vast quantity of corn and other stores, was stormed and taken by the Roman consul Quintus Fulvius Flaccus.
Hanno “ The Great ” was in charge of operations in Africa since 248 BC and had conquered considerable territory by 241 BC.
Hanno the Great initially commanded the Punic army, but after his defeat at Utica Hamilcar Barca was called out of retirement.
Hamilcar next invited Hanno to join forces, but cooperation between them was ineffective and the Peoples assembly voted to give Hamilcar sole command By the power of his personal influence among the mercenaries and the surrounding African peoples, superior strategy and some luck, Hamilcar, and also cooperation, if unenthusiastic, from Hanno the Great, Hamilcar crushed the revolt by ( 237 BC ) amid a war marked with cruelty atrocities from both sides.
Hanno the Great was aligned with them and they espoused peaceful relations with Rome, even at the cost of abandoning overseas territories.
Their chose to minimize the Sicilian operations while Hamilcar was in command, reduce the navy and support Hanno the Great ’ s conquests in Africa, all of which were causes for the ultimate defeat of Carthage in the First Punic War.
She was the second recipient of the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award presented by the Prague Society for International Cooperation.
Hasdrubal was given about 6, 500 cavalry, and Hanno had 3, 500 Numidians on the right.
Hanno was said to be white in colour, and arrived by ship from Lisbon to Rome in 1514, aged about four years, and was kept initially in an enclosure in the Belvedere courtyard, then moved to a specially constructed building between St. Peter's Basilica and the Apostolic Palace, near the Borgo Sant ' Angelo ( a road in the rione of Borgo ).
Hanno became a great favourite of the papal court and was featured in processions.
Hanno was interred in the Cortile del Belvedere at the age of seven.
Hanno was also the subject of a satirical pamphlet by Pietro Aretino titled " The Last Will and Testament of the Elephant Hanno.

Hanno and white
And enjoy he did, traveling around Rome at the head of a lavish parade featuring panthers, jesters, and Hanno, a white elephant.
* Hanno ( elephant ), the pet white elephant of Pope Leo X

Hanno and elephant
Leo X's pet elephant, Hanno ( elephant ) | Hanno
Hanno ( elephant ) | Elephant Hanno and his mahout, Pen and ink, 1575, Museum of Fine Arts in Angers.
The procession featured an elephant named Hanno, as a gift to the pope, and forty-two other beasts, including two leopards, a panther, some parrots, turkeys and rare Indian horses.
Sketch of Hanno, the elephant offered to the Pope by Manuel I of Portugal, from title page of Leitura Nova.
Hanno, actually an Asian elephant, came to Rome in 1514 with the Portuguese ambassador Tristão da Cunha and quickly became the Pope's favorite animal.
When Hanno the elephant, pet of Pope Leo X, died in 1516, Aretino penned a satirical pamphlet entitled " The Last Will and Testament of the Elephant Hanno.
The Passetto di Borgo | Passetto, called in romanesco | Roman dialect er Corridore (" the Corridor "), seen from Borgo S. Angelo: Via dei Corridori ( the ancient Borgo dell ' Elefante, so named after Hanno the elephant ), and Saint Peter's dome are in the background.

Hanno and presented
In 2006, he received the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award presented by the Prague Society for International Cooperation.

Hanno and by
Greetings from Anacharsis to Hanno: My clothing is a Scythian cloak, my shoes are the hard soles of my feet, my bed is the earth, my food is only seasoned by hunger-and I eat nothing but milk and cheese and meat.
Two legions commanded by Appius Claudius Caudex disembarked at Messana, where the Mamertines had expelled the Carthaginian garrison commanded by Hanno ( no relation to Hanno the Great ).
The garrison of Agrigentum managed to call for reinforcements and the Carthaginian relief force commanded by Hanno came to the rescue and destroyed the Roman supply base at Erbessus.
Nevertheless the Carthaginian faction that opposed the conflict, led by the land-owning aristocrat Hanno the Great, gained power and in 244 BC, and considering the war to be over, started the demobilization of the fleet, giving the Romans a chance to again attain naval superiority.
Hannibal's Iberian and Gallic heavy cavalry, led by Hanno on the left, defeated the Roman heavy cavalry, and then both the Carthaginian heavy cavalry and the Numidians attacked the legions from behind.
Two political factions operated in Carthage: the war party, also known as the " Barcids " ( Hannibal ’ s family name ) and the peace party led by Hanno II the Great.
A noteworthy example is the use of two prayers in Punic in Poenulus, spoken by the Carthaginian elder Hanno, which are significant to Semitic linguistics because they preserve the Carthaginian pronunciation of the vowels.
Phoenician / Carthaginian colonies established or reinforced by Hanno the Navigator in the 5th century BC have vanished with virtually no trace.
They called the islands " Gorgades " in remembering the home of the mythical Gorgons killed by Perseus and afterwards-in typically ancient euhemerism-interpreted ( against the written original statement ) as the site where the Carthaginian Hanno the Navigator slew two female " Gorillai " and brought their skins into the temple of the female deity Tanit ( the Carthaginian Juno ) in Carthage.
Hanno the Elder moves to Beneventum to try to help the inhabitants of Capua, but he is defeated by the Romans.
However, as spokesman for the landed nobility, Hanno opposes the policy of foreign conquest pursued by Hamilcar Barca.
* Carthaginian reinforcements led by Hanno the Great join the battle.
The garrison of Agrigentum manages to call for reinforcements and a Carthaginian relief force commanded by Hanno comes to the rescue and destroys the Roman supply base at Erbessus.

Hanno and I
:* Hanno I the Great ( 4th century BC ), Carthaginian admiral
These figures they call for convenience: Hanno I the Great, Hanno II the Great, and Hanno III the Great.
Another historian ( Lancel ) mentions only one Hanno the Great, namely Hanno " I " the Great.
Hanno I the Great was probably an ancestor of Hanno II the Great.
Gisgo, son of Hanno I the Great, was a notable general of the Sicilian campaigns of the First Punic War.

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