quaestor
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When he returned from his first political posting, as quaestor in Sicily, for instance, he imagined his fame would have spread far and wide.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Quintus Cassius Longinus, the brother or cousin of the murderer of Caesar, quaestor of Pompey in Further Spain in 54 b.c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
We next hear of him serving as centurion in Sardinia, where he attracted the attention of Cato, then quaestor, and accompanied him to Rome, 204 B.C.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
The governor was accompanied by a quaestor, who acted as his treasurer and received the provincial revenue from the tax collectors.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
When quaestor in 137, he accompanied the consul C. Hostilius Mancinus to Spain.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
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