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In the same year they were admitted to the quaestorship, which office entitled the possessor to a seat in the senate.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements by Lord, John

In this connexion it is noteworthy that at the time of his banishment Seneca had held no higher office than the quaestorship.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

In 421 the plebeians were admitted to the quaestorship.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John

The earliest age for holding each was, for the quaestorship, twenty-seven years; for the aedileship, thirty-seven; for the praetorship, forty; and for the consulship, forty-three.

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

Through his aunt’s influence Seneca obtained the quaestorship.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George