Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Herennius 2.

by William Smith

2. Herennius Bassus, was one of the principal citizens of Nola in Campania. The ruling order in Nola was Sabellian (Liv. ix. 28 ; Strab. v. p. 249) ; but from its zealous emulation of Cumae and Neapolis, Nola was almost a Greek city (Dionys. XV. 5. fragm. Mai), and thence may have proceeded its staunch preference of a Roman to a Carthaginian alliance: for Herennius was the spokesman of his fellow-citizens when, in b. c. 215, they rejected Hanno's proposals to revolt to Hannibal. (Liv. xxiii. 43.)