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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.
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.
The consulate was the focal point of Roman politics. Both the
ruling class and the ordinary citizens fixed their gaze on the
republic's highest office - to be sure, from different perspectives
and with differing expectations. While the former aspired to the
consulate as the defining magistracy of their social status, the
latter perceived it as the embodiment of the Roman state. Holding
high office was thus not merely a political exercise. The consulate
prefigured all aspects of public life, with consuls taking care of
almost every aspect of the administration of the Roman state. This
multifaceted character of the consulate invites a holistic
investigation. The scope of this book is therefore not limited to
political or constitutional questions. Instead, it investigates the
predominant role of the consulate in and its impact on, the
political culture of the Roman republic.
The consulate was the focal point of Roman politics. Both the
ruling class and the ordinary citizens fixed their gaze on the
republic's highest office - to be sure, from different perspectives
and with differing expectations. While the former aspired to the
consulate as the defining magistracy of their social status, the
latter perceived it as the embodiment of the Roman state. Holding
high office was thus not merely a political exercise. The consulate
prefigured all aspects of public life, with consuls taking care of
almost every aspect of the administration of the Roman state. This
multifaceted character of the consulate invites a holistic
investigation. The scope of this book is therefore not limited to
political or constitutional questions. Instead, it investigates the
predominant role of the consulate in and its impact on, the
political culture of the Roman republic.
In modern times there have been studies of the Roman Republican
institutions as a whole as well as in-depth analyses of the senate,
the popular assemblies, the tribunate of the plebs, the aedileship,
the praetorship and the censorship. However, the consulship, the
highest magistracy of the Roman Republic, has not received the same
attention from scholars. The purpose of this book is to analyse the
tasks that consuls performed in the civil sphere during their term
of office between the years 367 and 50 BC, using the preserved
ancient sources as its basis. In short, it is a study of the
consuls at work', both within and outside the city of Rome, in such
varied fields as religion, diplomacy, legislation, jurisdiction,
colonisation, elections, and day-to-day politics. Clearly and
accessibly written, it will provide an indispensable reference work
for all scholars and students of the history of the Roman
Republic."
In modern times there have been studies of the Roman Republican
institutions as a whole as well as in-depth analyses of the senate,
the popular assemblies, the tribunate of the plebs, the aedileship,
the praetorship and the censorship. However, the consulship, the
highest magistracy of the Roman Republic, has not received the same
attention from scholars. The purpose of this book is to analyse the
tasks that consuls performed in the civil sphere during their term
of office between the years 367 and 50 BC, using the preserved
ancient sources as its basis. In short, it is a study of the
consuls at work', both within and outside the city of Rome, in such
varied fields as religion, diplomacy, legislation, jurisdiction,
colonisation, elections, and day-to-day politics. Clearly and
accessibly written, it will provide an indispensable reference work
for all scholars and students of the history of the Roman
Republic."
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