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
These ministers were the master of the offices, the quaestor, the count of the sacred largesses and the count of the private purse.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
In 101 Hadrian was quaestor, in 105 tribune of the people, in 106 praetor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
His quaestor was Lucius Cornelius Sulla, scion of a decayed patrician family, who was destined to become the bitter rival of his chief.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
Quintus Cassius Longinus, the brother or cousin of the murderer of Caesar, quaestor of Pompey in Further Spain in 54 b.c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
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