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Rhetoric is the systematic analysis of human discourse for the purpose of identifying useful precepts for future discourse. Its roots lie in ancient Greece, but it was highly developed by the Romans. Medieval Europe inherited from Rome a thoroughly developed system of rhetoric based on the five steps commonly used in preparing and presenting a public speech (oratio), but Western European writers often adapted the ancient doctrines for their own purposes. The history of medieval rhetoric thus becomes one of continuity and of alterations to meet contemporary needs. To accomplish this end, Roman rhetorical theory laid out a systematic plan involving a sequence of five steps. Cicero wrote seven rhetorical works, but the books most influential in the Middle Ages were his De inventione and the anonymous Rhetoricaad Herennium, for centuries universally attributed to him.
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