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The quaestura (quaestorship) is one of the magistracies of Nova Roma, responsible to serve as primary assistants of the higher magistrates and guardians of the Treasury of Nova Roma. The quaestors are the treasurers and assistant directors of the corporation. There are eight quaestores elected annually by the comitia populi tributa to serve as aides and financial administrators to the consules, praetores, aediles and governors of the provinces of Nova Roma. After eight quaestores have been elected, the newly elected senior magistrates are consulted and asked which of the new quaestores they wish to have assigned to them. The new consules make the final determination of this, publishing an edict assigning four quaestores to the two consules and two praetores magistrates. The rest of the quaestores are serving as a pool of assistants to all other magistrates and governors. The consular and praetorian quaestores can also be assigned by other magistrates and governors to serve in their staffs, as well.

The eligibility requirements for quaestor are set by the lex Tullia annalis: to stand for election as quaestor, a potential candidate is required to be at least 21 years old, and must be assiduus. The quaestores enter office on Non. Dec. ‡ (5 December) each year. The quaestorship is the traditional first step of the cursus honorum.

Duties and powers of the quaestores

The lex Cornelia Domitia de re publica constituenda defines the duties and powers of quaestores according to the following:

6. Quaestor. Eight quaestors shall be elected by the Comitia Tributa to serve a term lasting one year. One quaestor shall be assigned to each consul and praetor by mutual agreement or, if such cannot be made, by decision of the newly-elected consuls to serve them as their general assistants in their duties and manager of the funds allocated to these magistrates. The four other quaestors shall be assigned various administrative tasks, duties and projects by any higher ranking officer, by the Senate or the Comitia. Any two of the quaestors, assigned to the provincia of the aerarium by the Senate, shall be the quaestores aerarii, chief treasurers, supervising and administering the aerarium (state treasury), but funds may be spent only according to the directives of the Senate. Any quaestor, even those already assigned to magistrates, can be assigned to governors in the same functions, and after their term of office, the governor can prorogue the term of his quaestor in the territory of the province with the title “proquaestor”. All quaestors shall have the following honors, powers, and obligations:

a. To hold lower potestas, incomplete ius coercitionis and ius intercessionis, all of which rights and powers are restricted only to be exercised within their scope of authority, that is, to supervise, manage or execute tasks, duties and projects assigned to them by law or order by a higher ranking officer, the Senate or the Comitia;

b. To guard and administer the legal handover of government, including the oaths of office, to act as legal and financial controllers of the other officers, to serve as public prosecutors, investigators and chief law enforcement officers, to assist at Nova Roman judicial proceedings and to administer the law;

c. To serve as representatives, delegates and deputies of the magistrates, governors or other officers to whom they are assigned, acting in their name with full competence in the extent as defined by their superior;

d. To employ apparitors from among the existing ones, based on mutual agreement between quaestor and apparitor, as assistants in administrative and other tasks, as they shall see fit. This assignment of an apparitor to a quaestor shall be made by an edictum of the praefectus rei publicae administrandae (who shall have the ius edicendi) at the order of the quaestor, or in absence of such praefectus, or by any officer with the ius edicendi at their discretion.

Historical overview

Quaestor overview: a comparison of ancient Roman and Nova Roman quaestores

List of the quaestors of Nova Roma

As of L. Arminio Ti. Galerio cos.‡ (MMDCCLX a.u.c.), the post of quaestor of Nova Roma was occupied 70 times, by 62 different people.

One have held the office four times.
Two have held the office three times.
One have held the office two times.
Five have resigned their office, being replaced with a quaestor suffectus.
Three occupied the quaestorship after attained a higher office (Praetor or higher).

Fl. Vedio M. Cassio cos. ‡ MMDCCLI a.u.c.

Patricia Cassia (appointed a.d. XIII Kal. Sept. ‡)
L. Cornelius Sulla (appointed prid. Kal. Quin. ‡)

L. Equitio Dec. Iunio cos. ‡ MMDCCLII a.u.c.

Patricia Cassia
M. Minucius Audens
Piperbarbus Ullerius Venator
M. Cornelius Felix (appointed a.d. III Non. Quin. ‡)

Q. Maximo M. Minucio cos. ‡ MMDCCLIII a.u.c.

K. Buteone Po. Minucia cos. ‡ MMDCCLIX a.u.c.

L. Arminio Ti. Galerio cos. ‡ MMDCCLX a.u.c.

M. Moravio T. Iulio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXI a.u.c.

M. Curiatio M. Iulio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXII a.u.c.

P. Memmio K. Buteone (II) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXIII a.u.c.

C. Maria Caeca
A. Arria Carina
Sex. Lucilius Tutor
A. Vitellius Celsus
M. Cornelius Gualterus Graecus
T. Annaeus Regulus (suspended Kal. Nov. ‡ (cap. census))
Q. Servilius Priscus

P. Ullerio C. Equitio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXIV a.u.c.

Cn. Caesare C. Tullio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXV a.u.c.

Spurius Porcius Gemma

L. Sulla (III) cos. sine collega ‡ MMDCCLXVI a.u.c.

St. Cornelia C. Aemilio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXVII a.u.c.

M. Pompeio Sex. Lucilio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXVIII a.u.c.

Cn. Lentulo Alexandro T. Domitio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXIX a.u.c.

nemo

Sex. Lucilio C. Claudio P. Annaeo Q. Catulo tr. mil. cos. pot. ‡ MMDCCLXX a.u.c.

C. Claudio T. Domitio (II) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXI a.u.c.

Q. Arrio P. Annaeo cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXII a.u.c.

Q. Arrio (II) T. Domitio (III) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXIII a.u.c.

Q. Arrio (III) A. Tullia cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXIV a.u.c.

Sex. Lucilio (II) A. Tullia (II) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXV a.u.c.

C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVI a.u.c.

M. Cotta C. Petronio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVII a.u.c.

References

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 <onlyinclude>The ''quaestura'' (quaestorship) is one of the [[magistracies (Nova Roma)|magistracies]] of Nova Roma, responsible to serve as primary assistants of the higher magistrates and guardians of the [[Aerarium Saturni (Nova Roma)|Treasury of Nova Roma]]. The quaestors are the '''treasurers''' and '''assistant directors''' of the corporation. There are '''eight ''quaestores''''' elected annually by the ''[[comitia populi tributa (Nova Roma)|comitia populi tributa]]'' to serve as aides and financial administrators to the [[Consul (Nova Roma)|''consules'']], [[Praetor (Nova Roma)|''praetores'']], [[Aedile (Nova Roma)|''aediles'']] and governors of the [[Provincia (Nova Roma)|provinces]] of Nova Roma. After eight ''quaestores'' have been elected, the newly elected senior magistrates are consulted and asked which of the new ''quaestores'' they wish to have assigned to them.  The new ''consules'' make the final determination of this, publishing an edict assigning four ''quaestores'' to the two ''consules'' and two ''praetores'' magistrates. The rest of the ''quaestores'' are serving as a pool of assistants to all other magistrates and governors. The consular and praetorian quaestores can also be assigned by other magistrates and governors to serve in their staffs, as well.
-The '''eligibility requirements''' for quaestor are set by the [[lex Tullia annalis (Nova Roma)|lex Tullia annalis]]: to stand for election as quaestor, a potential candidate is required to be at least 21 years old, and must be [[assiduus]]. The quaestorship is the traditional first step of the [[cursus honorum]].</onlyinclude>
+The '''eligibility requirements''' for quaestor are set by the [[lex Tullia annalis (Nova Roma)|lex Tullia annalis]]: to stand for election as quaestor, a potential candidate is required to be at least 21 years old, and must be [[assiduus]]. The ''quaestores'' enter office on {{Dec 5}} (5 December) each year. The quaestorship is the traditional first step of the [[cursus honorum]].</onlyinclude>
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