The most inseparable is also the most painful for us; There are always more desires than needs, we always want to get what we don't have, and if we exceed the limit, we will produce suffering.

- Boethius (a rare encyclopedic thinker in Europe)

Tari Hanno, one of the current senators of the Carthaginian Senate and one of the youngest senators in the Senate; In fact, in terms of age alone, Tari Hanno is probably one of the youngest senators in the history of the Carthaginian kingdom. And what makes people feel helpless is that the magnates of the Carthage kingdom do not call him Tari, but like to call him Little Hanno.

If there is little Hanno, there will naturally be big Hanno; And this so-called Great Hanno is His Excellency Hanno, the last consul of the Kingdom of Carthage. Hanno is not the name of a man, but the name of a family; Like the Hannibal family, Hannibal's father can be called Hannibal, and he can be called Hannibal.

From the perspective of the history of the Carthaginian kingdom, there is no doubt that the Hannos were much more noble than the Hannibals; Even, the Hanno family should be one of the most noble families of the Carthaginian kingdom. You must know that in the Kingdom of Carthage hundreds of years ago, the Hanno family was one of the branch families of the royal family of the Kingdom of Carthage; And it is a branch of the royal family that is very closely related by blood.

The strength of such a family in the territory of the Carthage Kingdom is naturally not to be underestimated, even if the Carthaginian Kingdom was in turmoil later and the Carthaginian royal family was completely wiped out, but the Hanno family did not decline in such turmoil, but became stronger. All of this is thanks to the fourteenth generation of the Hanno family, Taron Hanno.

Speaking of Tarun Hanno, people are more familiar with his other name, old Hanno. Hanno the Elder, who was also one of the legends of the entire kingdom of Carthage. At that time, the Carthage Kingdom, which had been under the rule of the royal family, suddenly broke out a large-scale rebellion, and the old Hanno, who was the governor of the Carthage Kingdom at the time of Baisasion, did not blindly lead the army back to Carthage, but wisely chose to protect himself.

When the kingdom of Carthage was in full swing, when the regular army of the royal family was inextricably linked to the rising rebels; Old Hanno not only did not make his claim clear to anyone, but he did not even have the idea of sending a single soldier out of Baisassian. In addition to protecting himself, old Hanno also raised a powerful army of 100,000 people in Baisasion!

However, the development of the situation is always not subject to the will of man; The chaotic situation eventually left the Carthaginian royal army's army exhausted and unable to suppress it all, and the rebels who launched the rebellion were never able to compete with the Carthaginian royal army. After more than ten years of fierce wars, the Carthaginian royal family finally couldn't bear it; And first sent a letter to the old Hanno of Baisasian asking for help.

Along with this earnest letter of request for help came the decree of the Carthaginian royal family to seal it; At this time, as long as Old Hanno sent 50,000 reinforcements to assist the Carthaginian royal army to pursue and suppress the rebels, Old Hanno will become the second only king in the Carthage Kingdom, and his descendants will even have the right to inherit the throne of the Carthage Kingdom!

It is a pity that in the face of such a temptation of power, old Hanno was not only unmoved, but also strengthened the vigilance of Baisassion, strictly preventing any army from entering the territory of Baisassion. The whole of Baisassian, after more than twenty years of rule by the elder Hanno, has long since become the most loyal territory of the Hanno family; Naturally, they were meticulous in carrying out Old Hanno's orders.

After the royal invitation was ruthlessly rejected, the rebels, who were already unusually large, felt that their opportunity had come; So, they immediately united and sent an invitation to old Hanno, hoping that old Hanno could lead his army to participate in the rebellion against the Carthaginian royal family. In order to win over the powerful old Hanno, they are even willing to let the old Hanno be their leader!

How could the scheming old Hanno not see the conspiracy? For the rebels, their internal factions are full of factions, and the strong are respected; Even if Old Hanno was their nominal leader, they would not really obey Old Hanno's orders, but would often use Old Hanno as a shield, and Old Hanno would naturally not agree to such an invitation.

After rejecting the invitations of the royal family and the rebels, Hanno the Elder officially became the third unique force in the Carthaginian kingdom; Since the territory of Baisa Sien has not experienced war, more and more displaced people have moved to the territory of Baisa Sien because of the war. Gradually, the population of Baissasien was more than half of the entire Carthaginian kingdom.

More and more people represent more and more taxes and soldiers, and also symbolize more and more powerful; As a result, the army under the command of Old Hanno slowly expanded from 100,000 to 150,000. At this time, the militaristic Carthaginian royal family finally provoked a revolt from the nobility; The first rebel army of the Kingdom of Carthage, led by nobles, has appeared!

The aristocratic rebels that appeared this time were led by the former Hannibal family; Its leader was also an ancestor of the Hannibal family. With such a precedent, the royal family's control over the nobles became even more stringent; And those nobles who were already dissatisfied with the royal family were increasingly inclined to rebel.

Under such a cycle of death, the Carthaginian royal family was finally completely slaughtered by the noble rebels in a crusade; The city of Carthage was also occupied by the combination of these nobles. At this time, there were still three forces in the territory of the Carthaginian kingdom; The aristocratic rebels led by the Hannibal family, the rebels of the civilian uprising, the old Hanno forces of Baisasian.

The Hannibal family of that era was not the current Hannibal family, and there was no peerless god of war like Hannibal; The head of the family was just a lucky one who was lucky enough to get the support of most of the nobles. In contrast, Hanno the Elder was the real genius of that era, and he was also the hero who laid the foundation for the next hundreds of years of the Carthaginian kingdom!

After the elimination of the Carthaginian royal family, the aristocratic rebels and the civilian rebels were also unable to fight anymore after more than ten years of war; Coupled with the extraordinary decline of the people's livelihood in the entire Carthaginian Kingdom, the two sides finally decided to turn hostility into jade silk and unite to form a new Carthaginian Republic.

Unfortunately, such a plan did not win the support of old Hanno; The situation at this time, for old Hanno, is ripe for time. Therefore, old Hanno, with the support of the whole territory of Baisasian, launched an attack on the noble rebels and the civilian rebels! The raged civilian rebels and the aristocratic rebels who were not strong in battle combined, did not add up to 100,000 people, so how could they be the opponents of Old Hanno's 150,000 army?

First, the main force of the civilian rebels, 30,000 troops, was routed by the 50,000 elite army of old Hanno; After that, the 50,000 noble rebels were also quickly defeated by the old Hanno's 80,000 elite army. And this result was done on the premise that Old Hanno did not use his most elite 20,000-yuan shield cavalry; At that time, the strength of old Hanno can be imagined.

At the same time, old Hanno knew that it was impossible to solve the real problem by force alone; So, having defeated these two rebel forces, Old Hanno sent an invitation to negotiate with the remnants of the noble rebels and the civilian rebels. The nobles and commoner representatives had no choice but to come to the negotiations presided over by Old Hanno.

In this negotiation to decide the fate of the Carthaginian Kingdom, Hanno the Elder first showed that he did not intend to be the king of the Carthaginian Kingdom, but he also resolutely opposed the use of the so-called name of the Carthaginian Republic; Hanno the Elder meant to imitate the kingdom of the Greeks and establish a kingdom of Carthage ruled by the Senate without a king.

In fact, at that time, the old Hanno was the absolute dominant party, and the other two parties had to agree to the old Hanno's proposal in order to survive; Needless to say, Hanno the Elder became the first consul of the New Carthaginian kingdom, and the only consul for life, and his power was completely above that of the Senate.

In order to ensure his power, there were 600 senators in the Senate; Among them, 500 were senators loyal to Hanno the Elder, and the remaining 100 senators were given to the old nobles and commoners, which is the origin of the Senate of the Kingdom of Carthage.

There may still be some truth to the saying that you can't be rich for three generations, and after the elder Hanno was an archon for a lifetime, his son naturally became the second consul of the Kingdom of Carthage; However, in his son, there is no old Hanno's old scheming, but more of an exchange of interests for politicians.

However, under the shadow of his father, the son of Hanno the Elder remained consul of the Carthaginian kingdom for twenty years; After that, the third consul of the Kingdom of Carthage was the grandson of the elder Hanno, and the heir of the Hanno family, who had not experienced the turbulent years at all, the consul of the Kingdom of Carthage.

How can such a third generation support the powerful Hanno family? So, it was inevitable that the Hanno family began to go downhill; And it's incredibly fast. The Hanno family, who had been elected consuls for three consecutive generations, was the target of public criticism, and coupled with the incompetence of their family heirs, it was naturally impossible to keep the position of consuls; Finally, in the fourth generation, the consuls of the Kingdom of Carthage were replaced.

Even with people from other families serving as consuls of the Carthaginian kingdom, the power of the Hanno family should not be underestimated; Especially in the province of Baixassien, the name of the Hanno family still holds an extraordinary significance. Therefore, in later times, the Hanno family would also have a family leader from time to time who could serve as the consul of the Carthaginian kingdom, or other officials with more important positions.

Even though there were times when a member of the Hanno family could not necessarily be an important official of the Carthaginian kingdom, a member of the family would still serve as the head of the Carthaginian senate; And the Hanno family, the only one that has had family members serving in the Senate since the establishment of the New Carthage Kingdom, is not one! (To be continued.) )