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
When the city is once more at peace, we'll before the quaestor, and thou and Nolus and Blanca shall all be declared free.
From "Unto Caesar" by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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
At last some of his troops revolted under the quaestor M. Marcellus, who was proclaimed governor of the province.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Q. Caecilius Niger, Verres’ quaestor, claimed the right to prosecute, but this manoeuvre failed.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by George Middleton
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