The Quaestorship in the Roman Republic (Paperback)

The lack of evidence has proved to be the greatest obstacle involved in reconstructing the quaestorship and has probably discouraged scholars from undertaking a large-scale study of the office. As a consequence, a comprehensive study of the quaestorship has long been a desideratum: this book aims to fill this gap in the scholarship. The book contains a study of the quaestorship throughout the Roman Republic, both in Italy (particularly at Rome) and in the overseas provinces. It includes a history of the office, an analysis of its role within the cursus honorum and its larger importance for the Roman constitution as well as the prosopography of all quaestors known during the Republican period based on the literary, epigraphic and numismatic evidence. The quaestorship was always an office for beginners who aspired to follow a political career and hence served as institutional entrance to the senate. Despite their youth, quaestors were endowed with functions of great significance at Rome and abroad, such as the control and supervision of Rome's finances. As the book shows, the quaestorship was a prominent and essential part of the Roman administration.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	KLIO / Beihefte. Neue Folge
Release date:	October 2021
First published:	2019
Authors:	Francisco Pina Polo • Alejandro Diaz Fernandez
Dimensions:	240 x 170mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback - Paperback (DE)
Pages:	386
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-076370-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Promotions
LSN:	3-11-076370-2
Barcode:	9783110763706

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