quaestor

type of public official in Ancient Rome
Intangible position Q189430
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quaestor

Summary

quaestor is a position[1]. quaestor has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • quaestor is in the country of Ancient Rome[3].
  • quaestor's instance of is recorded as position[4].
  • quaestor is a type of Roman magistrate[5].
  • quaestor is part of cursus honorum[6].
  • quaestor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Roman quaestors[7].
  • quaestor's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Ancient Rome[8].
  • quaestor's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • quaestor's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[10].
  • quaestor's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[11].
  • quaestor's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • quaestor's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • quaestor's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • quaestor's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • quaestor's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • quaestor's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[17].
  • quaestor's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[18].
  • quaestor's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'quaestor, oris'}[19].
  • quaestor dates from the classical antiquity[20].

Body

Definition and Type

quaestor's instance of is recorded as position[4]. quaestor is a type of Roman magistrate[5].

Use and Application

quaestor is part of cursus honorum[6].

Why It Matters

quaestor has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] quaestor is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Described by source Otto's encyclopedia, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon +7
    Time period classical antiquity
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 5470, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107287521|quaestor (#107287521)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionar"
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