quaestor

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A few years later, in 421, the plebeians made another step forward by obtaining the right of electing one of their number as Quaestor.

From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Pennell, Robert Franklin

To a ruler in Theodoric's position the acquisition of such a Quaestor as Cassiodorus was a most fortunate event.

From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas

Peristyle of the House of the Quaestor at Pompeii.

From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc

One side—the shortest—of it was occupied by the prefecture, in which the Aedile and Quaestor lived.

From Historical Miniatures by Strindberg, August

He was appointed Quaestor by Claudius, and soon opened a school for youths of quality, which was very numerously attended.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas