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Quaestor was a term for for each of two officials chosen originally by the king to track those suspected of a capital offense. In the Republic they performed the same service for the consuls. Their number was increased to four and they gained control of the treasury. Quaestors handled finances in Rome or the provinces and held a seat in the Senate.

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