The quaestorship in the third and second centuries BC
This paper considers the evidence for the Roman magistrate of quaestor in the middle Republic, and argues for a more rigorous approach to the existing evidence. The paper demonstrates that it is a reasonable assumption that there were only 8 quaestors throughout the second century BC, until the Sull...
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Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté
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| description | This paper considers the evidence for the Roman magistrate of quaestor in the middle Republic, and argues for a more rigorous approach to the existing evidence. The paper demonstrates that it is a reasonable assumption that there were only 8 quaestors throughout the second century BC, until the Sullan reforms, and it is unnecessary to hypothesise an earlier increase (for which there is no evidence). |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:0bf96ae4-25ae-4a0a-950b-cafeee87c91e2022-03-26T09:32:17ZThe quaestorship in the third and second centuries BCBook sectionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248uuid:0bf96ae4-25ae-4a0a-950b-cafeee87c91eSymplectic Elements at OxfordPresses universitaires de Franche-Comté2015Prag, JThis paper considers the evidence for the Roman magistrate of quaestor in the middle Republic, and argues for a more rigorous approach to the existing evidence. The paper demonstrates that it is a reasonable assumption that there were only 8 quaestors throughout the second century BC, until the Sullan reforms, and it is unnecessary to hypothesise an earlier increase (for which there is no evidence). |
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