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Biography

The name of Hanno was given to many Carthaginians. Ancient texts which specifically mention Hanno the Navigator do not provide much in the way of positively identifying him; some authors referred to him as a king, while others referred to him with the Latin words dux (leader, general) or imperator (commander, emperor). The Greek translation of Hanno's periplus account names him a basileus, a term which may be interpreted as "king", but was commonly used for other high-level Carthaginian officials.

The consensus of scholarship places Hanno as living sometime in the 5th century BC, identifying him as a member of the aristocratic Magonid family. R.C.C. Law identifies Hanno as the son of Hamilcar I.