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Again, in the year of his quaestorship, he spoke against the law of M. Junius Pennus, which aimed at expelling all Peregrini from Rome.

From The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History by Beesley, A.H.

After that, I was treated with respect by you, and you received attentions from me in your canvass for the quaestorship.

From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius

The quaestorship, the first round of the higher official ladder, found him attached to the consul Mancinus and destined for the ever-turbulent province of Spain.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

The first change came in connection with the quaestorship.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

In the same year they were admitted to the quaestorship, which office entitled the possessor to a seat in the senate.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements by Lord, John