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

He had been quaestor under Mucius Scaevola, in 98 B. C. governor of Asia, where both had sternly checked any unjust exactions by the agents of the publicani.

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

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

But the Parthians were slow in following up their advantage and Crassus’ quaestor, Cassius Longinus, was able to hold Syria.

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

Lucius Lucullus, Sulla’s quaestor, appeared in the Aegean with a fleet that he had gathered among Rome’s allies in the East.

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