The Development of the Quaestorship, 267–81 b.c

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ID9329257
AuthorsWilliam V Harris (Columbia University, corresponding author)
Year1976
Volume26
Issue1
Pages92-106
Publication date1976-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0009838800033838
OpenAlexW2107390227
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited9

In 267 the number of quaestors was increased from the established total of four (two consular and two urbani ). But how many were added, and what were their functions? The standard works agree that the new quaestors numbered four, and that they were stationed in four Italian towns, where they are usually supposed tohave performed administrative functions necessary to the Roman navy, and, in the case of the quaestor stationed at Ostia, functions necessary to Rome's grainsupply. These were the quaestores classici, or according to others the quaestores Italici . A few historians have very reasonably gone on to interpret this event as an important stage in the tightening of Roman control in Italy, or as a deliberate step towards a large-scale navy and war against Carthage

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