Romanæ historiæ anthologia An English exposition of the Romane antiquities, wherein many Romane and English offices are paralleld and divers obscure phrases explained. By Thomas Godwyn Master of Arts: for the vse of Abingdon Schoole.

CHAP. 15.

De Quaestoribus ararij.

THis office of the Quastors seemeth not vnlike to a publique Treasurers, which collecteth the subsidies, customes, mony, yearely revenues, and all other pai∣ments belonging to any state or corporation. And hence r 1.1 quoniā publicae pecuniae quaerendae praepositi erant, they took their name Quaestores: Sometimes they are called Quaesto∣res Ʋrbani, to distinguish them from the provinciall Quae∣stors, which bare office in the Romane provinces: somtimes they are called Quaestores aerarij, to distinguish them from those that were called Quaestores parricidij, or rerum capi∣talium, of which you may see more in the tract de Praetori∣bus. s 1.2 Lastly they were called Quaestores aerarij, to distin∣guish them from the Tribuni aerarij .i. those Martiall trea∣surers, or Clarkes of the band, which did receiue the soul∣diers pay from these city-Treasurers, and so pay it to the souldiers. The office of these city-Treasurers (then being at first but two) was to receiue al the city-accounts; to dis∣burse at all occasions of publique expenses; to take an oath of him that the souldiers had saluted by the name of Impe∣rator, that he had truely informed the Senate both of the number of enimies slaine, as also of the number of citizens lost: otherwise he might bar the Emperour of his triumph. Moreover whatsoever spoiles were taken in warre they were delivered vp vnto these citty-Quaestors, and they sel∣ling them laide vp the mony in the great Treasure-house called Aedes Saturni.

Notes

• r 1.1

  Fenest. de Rom. mag. c. 3.
• s 1.2

  Sig. de iure Rom. l. 2. c. 8.