Quaestor (English spelling)

Japanese: クアエストル（英語表記）quaestor

A Roman government office. Usually translated as "financier". In the old days, two were appointed by the consul, but after 447 BC, they were selected by the plebeian assembly, and soon the number increased to four. These were called city quaestors, and managed the treasury. Consuls and provincial governors also had quaestors, who were in charge of finances, as well as acting on their behalf in judicial matters, military command, and administration. The quaestor was the first in the cursus honorum, and those with experience in this position were allowed to become senators. In Imperial Italy, they were directly subordinate to the emperor, and in the provinces under the jurisdiction of the senatorial government, they worked under the governor. There were also quaestors who handled capital cases from the old monarchy, but they were unrelated to the quaestors mentioned above, and they disappeared around the 2nd century BC.

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Japanese:

古代ローマの官職名。通例財務官と訳す。古くは執政官 (コンスル ) によって2名が任命されたが，前 447年以後は平民会から選ばれるようになり，まもなく4名となった。これらは都市クアエストルと呼ばれ，国庫を管理した。執政官や属州統治者にもクアエストルがつき，財政を担当し，また裁判，軍事指揮，行政をも代行した。クアエストルはクルスス・ホノルムの1番目にあたり，この職の経験者からは元老院議員となることが許されていた。帝政期イタリアでは皇帝直属官となり，元老院管轄属州では総督の下で働いた。なお古王政期から死罪裁判を扱うクアエストルも存在していたが，上記のクアエストルとは無関係で，前2世紀頃に消滅した。

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