Definition of Quaestor. Meaning of Quaestor. Synonyms of Quaestor

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Definition of Quaestor

quaestor
Questor Ques"tor, n. [L. quaestor, contr. fr. quaesitor, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask: cf. F. questeur.] (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who had the management of the public treasure; a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state. [Written also qu[ae]stor.] Note: At an early period there were also public accusers styled questors, but the office was soon abolished.
Quaestor
Quaestor Qu[ae]s"tor, n. [L.] Same as Questor.

Meaning of Quaestor from wikipedia

- A quaestor (British English: /ˈkwiːstər/ KWEE-stər, American English: /ˈkwistər/; Latin: [ˈkʷae̯stɔr]; "investigator") was a public official in ancient...
- term Quaestor can refer to any number of officials: Quaestor, a magistrate in the Roman Republic responsible for civil and military finances Quaestor sacri...
- The quaestor sacri palatii (Gr****: κοιαίστωρ/κυαίστωρ τοῦ ἱεροῦ παλατίου, usually simply ὁ κοιαίστωρ/κυαίστωρ; English: Quaestor of the Sacred Palace)...
- offices in the imperial administration, such as magister officiorum and quaestor sacri palatii, but at the beginning of the Nika riots he was forced to...
- before 73 BC, he had served as military tribune. He may have been elected quaestor some time around 73 BC and later plebeian aedile around 64 BC. His first...
- and the deaths of Saturninus, Glaucia, and their followers in 100 BC. As quaestor (104 BC), he superintended the imports of grain at Ostia, but was removed...
- The following is a list of quaestors in ancient Rome, as reported by ancient sources and compiled by the scholar Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton. The...
- first office of the cursus honorum. The first official post was that of quaestor. Ever since the reforms of Sulla, candidates had to be at least 30 years...
- Moluccas. Cereopsius quaestor var. confluens Breuning, 1944 Cereopsius quaestor var. luctuosus Pascoe, 1866 Cereopsius quaestor var. nigrobasalis Kriesche...
- a key MEP for his work as co-rapporteur on the Social Climate Fund. As Quaestor, he was a member of the Bureau of the European Parliament. He is Co-Chair...