QUAESTOR

kwĕsˈtôr, Roman magistrate, with responsibility for the treasury; in early times a quaestor also had judicial powers. At first there were two quaestors. Sulla named 20, and Caesar set 40 as the number (45 b.c.), but Augustus reduced them to 20. Quaestors were in theory deputies for consuls, praetors, or proconsuls. A quaestorship was the first magistracy sought by an ambitious young man.

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books on: Quaestor  - 588 results

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Law in the Crisis of Empire, 379-455 Ad: The Theodosian Dynasty and Its Quaestors with a Palingenesia of Laws of the Dynasty
Book by Tony Honoré; Oxford University, 1998
Subjects: Codex Theodosianus, Roman Law, Theodosius--I--Emperor Of Rome--347-395
... The Theodosian Dynasty and its Quaestors With a Palingenesia of Laws of...379-455 AD: the Theodosian dynasty and its quaestors / Tony Honore p. cm. 1. Roman...the book assigns them to the imperial quaestors whose duty it was to draft them. Despite...
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The Roman Government of Britain
Book by Anthony R. Birley; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Roman Period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D, Great Britain--Politics And Government--To 1485, Romans--Great Britain--Politics And Government
...annually changing proconsuls, each with a quaestor and one or more legati. Senators had the...followed by entry to the 6oo-strong senate as quaestor at 2q: there were twenty quaestors each year. Two (or perhaps more) were attached...
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Agricola: And Germany
Book by Cornelius Tacitus, Anthony Richard Birley; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Agricola, Gnaeus Julius--40-93, Germanic Peoples, Statesmen--Rome--Biography
...magistracies at Rome, being successively quaestor, tribune of the plebs, and praetor, the latter...Aug. tribun o plebis . Tacitus was thus quaestor of Augustus, one of the two quaestors out of the total of twenty each year attached...
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The Augustan Aristocracy
Book by Ronald Syme; Clarendon Press, 1986
Subjects: Nobility--Rome, Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D
...among them neglect of a plain fact: quaestor in 54, Brutus was born in 85. In ancient...along with Ti. Claudius Nero elected quaestor the next year . 45 For the bride...44 When he went out to Cilicia as quaestor to his father-in-law. 45 Cicero...
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The Politics of Friendship: Pompey and Cicero - Vol. 6
Book by Beryl Rawson; Sydney University Press, 1978
Subjects: Cicero, Marcus Tullius, Generals--Rome--Biography, Pompey--The Great--106-48 B.C, Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C, Statesmen--Rome--Biography
...passages which refer to the bonds of loyalty expected between quaestors and superior officers are Cic. Planc . 28 and De Or. 2...83 were embarrassingly placed. Verres, who had been Carbos quaestor in 84, was now proquaestor under the same commander. He deserted...
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Technology and Geographical Imaginations: Representing Aviation in 1930s Italy
Journal article by Federico Caprotti; Journal of Cultural Geography, Vol. 25, 2008
Subjects: Aeronautics--History, Aviation--History, Italy--Social aspects, Modernization--1930 AD
...Rome on several occasions to request audiences with the Duce (Quaestor of Rome to Sebastiani, 22 January 1942). Personal meetings...Sebastiani, 16 January 1942. ACS, SPDCO, B.1794, f.525.901. Quaestor of Rome to Sebastiani, 22 January 1942. ACS, SPDCO, B.1794...
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Not Before Homosexuality: The Materiality of the Cinaedus and the Roman Law Against Love Between Men
Journal article by Amy Richlin; Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 3, 1993
Subjects: Sex Customs--History, Sexology
...the man was accused of maiestas , insulted for malakia at his senate hearing, and killed himself "like a man" when the quaestor came to have him executed; in the second case (the Sulpicii Scribonii; at 62.17.2-4, not 64.17), the brothers sexuality (if...
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Seneca in Early Elizabethan England
Journal article by Jessica Winston; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Elizabethan drama--Analysis, Plagiarism--Analysis, Seneca the Elder--Influence, Seneca the Elder--Works
...Rome, where he studied rhetoric and philosophy before pursuing a senatorial career. In the 30s CE he became an advocate and quaestor (a kind of treasurer) while developing a reputation as an orator, one significant enough that he had to withdraw from public...
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The Pardoner's Promises: Preaching and Policing Indulgences in the Fourteenth-Century English Church
Journal article by Robert W. Shaffern; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Catholic Church--History, Catholic Church--Political aspects, Catholic Church--Social aspects, Church history, 600-1500 (Middle Ages)--14th century AD, Church history--14th century AD, Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Indulgences--History, Indulgences--Political aspects, Indulgences--Social aspects
...beyond doubt." (16) "The profession of a quaestor or pardoner was a lucrative one; there...concluded that "the real problem was with the quaestores or pardoners, a sort of clerical Lumpenproletariat...been much less controversial had the quaestores been eliminated entirely." (19) The pardoners...
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Two Pathic Subcultures in Ancient Rome
Journal article by Rabun Taylor; Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 7, 1997
Subjects: Sex Customs--History, Sexology
...and passive sex, whether the partner be male or female. 87 According to Suetonius, for example, Domitian expelled an ex-quaestor from the Senate for acting and dancing and in the same vein of censoriousness condemned many Roman senators and equestrians...


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magazine articles on: Quaestor  - 2 results

 
 
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It Should Be Late, It Was Never Great
Magazine article by Alexander Cockburn; The Nation, Vol. 277, December 22, 2003
Subjects: United Nations--Evaluation
...century AD, when there were still senators bustling from one cocktail party to another, intriguing to have their sons elected quaestor and so forth, sending the emperor pompous resolutions on the burning issues of the day. For a modern evocation of what those...
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You Want to See the MEPs' Register of Financial Interests? A Three-Headed Dog Guards a Handwritten Copy in Brussels
Magazine article by Mark Thomas; New Statesman, Vol. 130, August 13, 2001
Subjects: European Union. European Parliament--Officials and employees, Freedom of information--European Union, Politicians--Moral and ethical aspects
...to a senior MEP about this, so I approached one of the EU quaestors, who are "prefects" for the MEPs and not, as I suggested...Lord Voldemorts servants working to destroy Harry Potter. Quaestor Jacques Poos was asked how a Portuguese peasant farmer might...


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newspaper articles on: Quaestor  - 5 results

 
 
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Lingfield
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), July 8, 2009
Lingfield. GARRY OWEN 2.10 - VITA MIA 2.45 - SLIP 3.20 - TARQUA 3.55 - KINGS OF LEO 4.30 - REGENERATION 5.05 - QUAESTOR 5.40 - NOBLE GREEK NEWSBOY 2.10 - WHERES SUSIE 2.45 - SLIP 3.20 - SQUAD 3.55 - ITALIAN TOM 4.30 - SAFARI GUIDE 5.05 - FLORIO...
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Lingfield Atr
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 8, 2009
Subjects: Aircraft industry
...55 ITALIAN TOM, 4.30 SAFARI GUIDE, 5.05 FLORIO VINCITORE, 5.40 SNOW FAIRY (NAP) DOUBLE: SNOW FAIRY and MISHEER (2.35 Newmarket) BOUVERIE 2.10 WHERES SUSIE, 2.45 TIMBAA, 3.20 SQUAD, 3.55 KINGS OF LEO, 4.30 REGENERATION, 5.05 QUAESTOR, 5.40 JANEIRO
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It May Be Only a Tiff but This Tory Story Offers a Warning; David Cameron's Actions in the European Parliament Tell Us a Great Deal about What a Tory Government Here Would Look like, Says Foreign Office Minister Chris Bryant: The Thursday Essay
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 10, 2009
Subjects: Bryant, Chris, European Union. European Parliament
...First was the post of vice-president. Next was the election of Quaestors, whose duties include the running of the European Parliament...European vice-president, one of his long-standing MEPs, a group Quaestor and the leadership of his own grouping. No wonder sidelined...
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The Data Bank
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 21, 2009
...Hebrides (5.45) 239 miles; Butch And Sundance (2.15), Hi Fling (3.15), Rock Art (3.45) 201 miles; Town House (5.15) 198 miles; Quaestor (2.15), Kings Masque (2.45), Cocktail Party (3.45), Eyes Like A Hawk (4.15) 190 miles. TRAINER TARGET NONE TODAY. DEJA VU YARMOUTH...
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Why Are Our Politicians Such Pygmies? Expenses Rebels? They'd Have Strangled Them. Useless Speakers? Pelted with Stones. but, Says One of Our Leading Historical Novelists, the Democrats of Ancient Rome Put Modern MPs to Shame
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 15, 2009
...of glory -- clearing successive electoral hurdles. First, he had to gain election to the senate, as a junior magistrate -- a quaestor. Then he had to become a senior magistrate -- a praetor. Only then was he eligible to stand for the most senior position...


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encyclopedia articles on: Quaestor  - 12 results

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Quaestor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
QUAESTOR kwes tor, Roman magistrate, with responsibility for the treasury; in early times a quaestor also had judicial powers. At first there were two quaestors. Sulla named 20, and Caesar set 40 as the number (45 b.c.), but Augustus reduced them to...
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Questor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
QUESTOR see quaestor . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Saturninus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SATURNINUS (Lucius Appuleius Saturninus)sat rni n s, d. 100 b.c., Roman statesman. He was quaestor in 104 b.c. and later tribune of the people. He was violently opposed to the senatorial party and allied himself with Marius...
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Lentulus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Cornelius Lentulus Sura, d. 63 b.c., was notorious for his private life and was ejected from the senate because of it. He was quaestor (81) and twice praetor (75 and 63). He joined the conspiracy of Catiline , who put him in charge of the operations in the...
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Cato the Elder
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Roman statesman and moralist, whose full name was Marcus Porcius Cato. He fought in the Second Punic War and later served as quaestor (204), aedile (199), praetor (198), consul (195), and censor (184). He was renowned for his devotion to the old Roman ideals...
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