Rhetorica ad Herennium

Rhetorica ad Herennium
AuthorCicero or Cornificius
LanguageLatin
SubjectRhetoric
Set inAncient Rome
Publication date
~ 90 BCE
Publication placeRoman Empire

The Rhetorica ad Herennium (Rhetoric for Herennius) is the oldest surviving Latin book on rhetoric, dating from the late 80s BC.[1] It was formerly attributed to Cicero or Cornificius, but is in fact of unknown authorship, sometimes ascribed to an unnamed doctor.

  1. ^ "Rhetorica ad Herennium". Reference to Sulpicius' tribunate of 88, and Gaius Marius' final consulship (86).