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Quaestores were originally appointed by the
consuls to investigate criminal acts and determine if the consul needed to take public action. Quaestors eventually took on additional responsibilities, such as supervising the treasury (what they're best known for), and became elected magistrates. The office of Quaestor was adopted as part of the part of the
Cursus honorum.
Quaestores were elected officials of the
Roman Republic who supervised the treasury and financial affairs of the state, its armies and its officers. The office may date back to the time of the
Kingdom of Rome. By about
420 BC there were four quaestores, elected each year by the
Comitia Tributa, and after
267 BC there were ten. Some quaestors were assigned to work in the City, while others were assigned to the staffs of
generals or served the
Roman Governors as
Lieutenant Governors in the provinces. Still others were assigned to oversee military finances.
During the reforms of
Sulla in
81 BC, the minimum age for a quaestorship was set at 30 for
patricians and at 32 for
plebeians, and election to the quaestorship gave automatic membership in the Senate. Before that, the
censors revised the rolls of the Senate less regularly than the annual induction of quaestors created. The number of quaestors was also raised to 20.
Today the title of Quaestor (Questore) persists in Italy and it represents a high Police office. It is also present in Romania as "Chestor" and it's also a police office. The European Parliament has six Quaestors to look after the financial and administrative needs of its members. Some ancient British universities, such as the
University of St Andrews, still have a Quaestor whose responsibilities are in leading and developing effective and efficient financial control and management within the University.
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