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used in sacred rites were purified; but this seems ( e Lhg/. Lat. vi. 13, ed. Miiller.) This festival
to have been originally a separate festival called Tt,- was also called Stultrtozum ftI'iae, respecting tllg
bilustsiume (Festus, s. v.; Varro, I. c.), which was meaning of which see FORNACALIA.
celebrated as we know from the ancient Calendars QUIRINA'L1S FLAMEN. [FLAMIEN.J
on the 23d of March (a. d. x. Cad. Apre.), and QUlRI'TES, QUIRI'TI UM JUS. [Jvs,
would of course, when the Quinquatrus was ex- p. (658, a.]
tended to five days, fall on the last day of that QUOD JUSSU, ACTIO. [Jussu, QuoD,
festival. ACTI1.]
As this festival was sacred to Minerva, it seems QUORUM BONORUM, INTERDICTUM.
that women were accustomed to consult fortune. The object of this interdict is to give to the Praetellers and diviners upon this day. (Plaut. ilil. torian heres the possession of anything belonging
iii. 1. 98.) Domitian caused it to be celebrated to the hereditas which another possesses pro heevery year in his Alban Villa, situated at the foot rode or pro possessore. The name of this Interdict
of the hills of Alba, and instituted a collegium to is derived from the introductory words, and it runs
superintend the celebration, which consisted of as follows: "Ait Praetor: Quorum bonorum ex
the hunting of wild beasts, of the exhibition of edicto meo illi possessio data est: quod de his
plays, and of contests of orators and poets. (Suet. bonis pro herede aut pro possessore possides, posDosm. 4.) - sideresve si nihil usucaptum esset: quod quidem
There was also another festival of this name dolo malo fecisti, uti desineres possidere: id illi
called Qesnquatrus iliinusculae or Qzinquzat)us AfRi- restituas." The plaintiff is entitled to this Inter.
cores, celebrated on the Ides of June, onil which diet when he has obtained the Bonorum Possessiol
the tibicines went through the city ill procession and when any one of the four following conditions
to the temple of Minerva. (Varro, de Ling. Lat. apply to the defendant.
vi. 17; Ovid. East. vi. 651, &c.; Festus, p. 149, 1. Quod de his bonis pro herede,
ed. Miitler.) 2. Aut pro possessore possides,
QUINQUENNA'LIA, were games instituted 3. Possideresve si lihil uslucaptum esset,
sby Nero A. D. 60, in imitation of the Greek festi- 4. Quod quidem dolo malo fecisti, uti desineres
vals, and celebrated like the Greek reVTra5E-TOqpL8e possidere.
at the end of every four years: they consisted of The two first conditions are well understood,
musical, gymnastic, and equestrian contests, and and apply also to the case of the hereditatis petitio.
were called NeLonia. (Suet. Ver. 12; Tac. Ans. The fourth condition also applies to the case of the
xiv. 20; Dion Cass. lxi. 21.) Suetonius and hereditatis petitio and the rei vindicatio; but inTacitus (ll. cc.) say that such games were first in- stead of" quod quidem " the reading " quodque
troduced at Rome by Nero. The Qsisqzuennalia, has been proposed, which seems to be requiredb
which had previously been instituted both in for No. 4 has no reference to No. 3, but is itself a
honour of Julius Caesar (Dion Cass. xliv. 6) and new condition. The words of No. 3 have caused
of Augustus (Id. Ii. 19; Suet. Aug. 59, 98), were some difficulty, which may be explained as folconfined to the towns of Italy and the provinces. lows.
The Quinquennalia of Nero appear not to have In establishing the Bonorum Possessio, the
been celebrated after his time, till they were re- Praetor intended to give to many persons, such as
vived again by Domitian in honour of the Capi- emancipated children and Cognati, the same rights
teline Jupiter. (Suet. Doms. 4.) that the heres had; and his object was to accomQUINQUENNA'LIS. [COLONIA, p. 318, b.] plish this effectually. The Roman heres was the
QUINQUERE'MIS. [NAVIS, p. 785, b.] representative of the person who had died and left
QUINQUE'RTIUM. [PENTATHLON.] an hereditas, and by virtue of this representative
QUJINQUEVIRI, or five commissioners, were or juristical fiction of the person of the dead having
frequently appointed under the republic as extra- a continued existence in the person of the heres,;rdinary magistrates to carry any measure into the heres succeeded to his property and to all his
effect. Thus Quinquevicii MAensarii, or public rights and obligations. In the matter of rights
bainkers, were occasionally appointed in times of and obligations the Praetor put the bonorum posgreat distress [MENSAR II; the same number of sessor in the same situation as the heres by allowcommissioners was sometimes appointed to super- ing him to sue in respect of the claims that the
ilteind the formation of a colony, though three (t'in- deceased had, and allowing any person to sue him
snsisvs'i) was a more common number. [COLONIA, in respect of claims against the deceased, in an
p. 315, b.] Wre find too that Quinqueviri were actio utilis or fictitia. (Ulp. Fr-ag. tit. 28. s. 12
created to superintend the repairs of the -walls and Gaius, iv. 34.) In respect to the property, accordof the towers of the city (Liv. xxv. 7), as well as ing to the old law any person might take possesfor various other purposes. sion of a thing belonging to the hereditas, and acBesides the extraordinary commissioners of this quire the ownership of it in a certain time by usucaname, there were also permanent officers, called pion. (Gaius, ii. 52-58.) The persons in whose
Quinqueviri, who were responsible for the safety favour the Praetor's edict was made could do this
of the city after sunset, as it was inconvenient for as well as any other person; but if they found any
the regular magistrates to attend to this duty at other person in possession of anything belonging
that time: they were first appointed soon after the to the hereditas, they could neither claim it by the
war with Pyrrhus. (Dig. i. tit. 2. s. 2. ~ 31.) vindicatio, for they were not owners, nor by the
QUINTA'NA. [CASTRA.] hereditatis petitio, for they were not heredes. To
QUIRINA'LIA, a festival sacred to Quirinus, meet this difliculty the Interdictum Quoruml Bonowhich was celebrated on the 17th of February rum was introduced, the object of which was to
(a. d. xmII. Cal. Alart.), on which day Romulus aid the Bonorum Possessor in getting the possession
(Quirinus) was said to have been carried up to (whence the title of the Interdictum adipiscendae
seaven. (Ovid. Fast. ii. 475; Festus, s. v.; Varro. possessionis) and so commencing the usucapion,
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