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. It was formerly attributed to Cicero or Cornificius, but is in fact of unknown authorship, sometimes ascribed to an unnamed doctor.