quaestorship
- a word derived from quaestor.
Example Sentences
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Sallust obtained the quaestorship a few years after the conspiracy of Catiline, about the time when the state was agitated by the disorders of Clodius and his party.
From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by Watson, John Selby
He passed into the senate through the quaestorship, and became a well-known figure at court during the reign of Caligula.
From Latin Literature by Mackail, J. W. (John William)
In 421 the plebeians were admitted to the quaestorship.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John
At approximately the same time that the quaestorship became an elective office, the two curators of the temple of Ceres, called aediles, likewise attained the position of public officials.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
The years which followed Cicero's return from the East were occupied, with the single break of his quaestorship in Sicily, by hard and continuous work at the bar.
From Latin Literature by Mackail, J. W. (John William)
