Get to know Quaestors better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Quaestors meaning
plural of quaestor
Using Quaestors
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of quaestor
- In the example corpus, quaestors often appears in combinations such as: quaestors were, the quaestors.
Context around Quaestors
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quaestors
- In this selection, "quaestors" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, earliest, main and former stand out and add context to how "quaestors" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include age former quaestors could stand and number of quaestors to 20. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quaestors" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quaestors
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An additional task of all quaestors was the supervision of public games. (12 words)
Augustus accomplished this by randomly selecting former tribunes and quaestors for the office. (13 words)
The quaestors would usually assist the consuls in Rome, and the governors in the provinces. (15 words)
Lucius Cornelius Sulla 's reforms in 81 BCE raised the number of quaestors to 20 and the minimum age for a quaestorship was 30 for patricians (members of ruling class families) and 32 for plebeians (commoners). (36 words)
There was certainly no lack of precedents for this enforced liberality, and the change made by Claudius may have been a mere change in the nature of the expenditure imposed on the quaestors. (33 words)
Quaestors were also given a fasces main (a bound bundle of wooden rods symbolizing a magistrate 's authority and jurisdiction) and were entitled one lictor main (civil servant bodyguard). (29 words)
Example sentences (11)
History Origins The earliest quaestors were quaestores parricidii main (quaestors with judicial power), an office dating back to the Kingdom of Rome.
Aedile main At 36 years of age, former quaestors could stand for election to one of the aedile positions.
An additional task of all quaestors was the supervision of public games.
Augustus accomplished this by randomly selecting former tribunes and quaestors for the office.
It has been suggested that the quaestors were obliged to buy their right to an official career by personal outlay on the streets.
Lucius Cornelius Sulla 's reforms in 81 BCE raised the number of quaestors to 20 and the minimum age for a quaestorship was 30 for patricians (members of ruling class families) and 32 for plebeians (commoners).
Quaestors were also given a fasces main (a bound bundle of wooden rods symbolizing a magistrate 's authority and jurisdiction) and were entitled one lictor main (civil servant bodyguard).
Some provincial quaestors were assigned as staff to military generals or served as second-in-command to governors in the Roman provinces.
Some quaestors were assigned to work in the city and others in the provinces where their responsibilities could include being recruited into the military.
The quaestors would usually assist the consuls in Rome, and the governors in the provinces.
There was certainly no lack of precedents for this enforced liberality, and the change made by Claudius may have been a mere change in the nature of the expenditure imposed on the quaestors.
Common combinations with quaestors
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: