- the
original investigative function of the
quaestores parricidii. The
earliest quaestors were
quaestores parricidii,
chosen to
investigate capital crimes...
- Murderers, traitors, perjurors, and
larcenous slaves, if
convicted by the
quaestores parricidii, were
flung from the
cliff to
their deaths. The
cliff was about...
-
maximum amount of
money for each indulgence.
Professional "pardoners" (
quaestores in Latin) – who were sent to
collect alms for a
specific project – practiced...
- of the
quaestores, who
would withdraw them and take them to the
Campus Martius when the
troops were mobilized, as Livy says:
Signa quaestores ex cerario...
- or
sometime later, or if it was one of the
quaestores which already existed, that is one of the
quaestores classici (treasurers of the fleet), that had...
-
power to
control the king's decisions. Also, two
criminal detectives (
Quaestores Parricidii) were
appointed by him as well as a two-man
criminal court...
- had no
power to
control his decisions. Also, two
criminal detectives (
quaestores parricidi) were
appointed by him as well as a two-man
criminal court (duumviri...
- used for
similar purposes.
Murderers and traitors, if
convicted by the
quaestores parricidii, were
flung from the
cliff to
their deaths.
Infants who suffered...
- for example,
Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella named Gaius Verres to
serve pro
quaestore in 80 BC. At
other times, ex-quaestors were sent or kept as proquaestor...
- used for
public executions.
Murderers and traitors, if
convicted by the
quaestores parricidii, were
flung from the
cliff to
their deaths.
Suetonius records...
