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

In Sardinia he made the acquaintance of M. Porcius Cato, then quaestor, who induced him to come to Rome B.C.

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

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

Here he made himself so popular that the senate in alarm prolonged the command of Orestes, in order that Gaius might be obliged to remain there in his capacity of quaestor.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

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