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

That he had become a man of some note in that capacity is suggested by the fact that he attracted the attention of the Roman quaestor Cato, and accompanied him to Rome.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

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

In 199 he was quaestor, and the next year, passing over the regular stages of aedile and praetor, he obtained the consulship.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

These ministers were the master of the offices, the quaestor, the count of the sacred largesses and the count of the private purse.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly