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
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 Edmund Luce
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 Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
Each proconsul was assisted by a quaestor, and by three propraetorian legati whose appointment was approved by the princeps.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
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 W. Y. Sellar
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