quaestores urbani
E791629
The quaestores urbani were Roman magistrates responsible for overseeing the city’s financial administration and public treasury in Rome.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| quaestores urbani canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9310843 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: quaestores urbani Context triple: [aerarium Saturni, managedBy, quaestores urbani]
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A.
Cívitas
Cívitas is a Spanish real estate and urban development company known for its naming-rights sponsorship of Atlético Madrid’s Metropolitano Stadium.
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B.
quaestor sacri palatii
The quaestor sacri palatii was a senior legal and administrative official in the late Roman and Byzantine empires, chiefly responsible for drafting imperial laws and advising the emperor on judicial matters.
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C.
comitatenses
Comitatenses were the mobile field army units of the later Roman Empire, distinct from frontier garrisons and used as central, flexible forces for major campaigns.
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D.
optimates
The optimates were a conservative political faction in the late Roman Republic that championed the authority of the Senate and the traditional aristocracy against popular reforms.
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E.
Quia Emptores
Quia Emptores is a 1290 English statute that reformed feudal landholding by preventing further subinfeudation and allowing free alienation of land by tenants.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: quaestores urbani Target entity description: The quaestores urbani were Roman magistrates responsible for overseeing the city’s financial administration and public treasury in Rome.
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A.
Cívitas
Cívitas is a Spanish real estate and urban development company known for its naming-rights sponsorship of Atlético Madrid’s Metropolitano Stadium.
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B.
quaestor sacri palatii
The quaestor sacri palatii was a senior legal and administrative official in the late Roman and Byzantine empires, chiefly responsible for drafting imperial laws and advising the emperor on judicial matters.
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C.
comitatenses
Comitatenses were the mobile field army units of the later Roman Empire, distinct from frontier garrisons and used as central, flexible forces for major campaigns.
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D.
optimates
The optimates were a conservative political faction in the late Roman Republic that championed the authority of the Senate and the traditional aristocracy against popular reforms.
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E.
Quia Emptores
Quia Emptores is a 1290 English statute that reformed feudal landholding by preventing further subinfeudation and allowing free alienation of land by tenants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman magistracy
ⓘ
financial office ⓘ |
| associatedWith | cursus honorum ⓘ |
| associatedWithBuilding | Temple of Saturn ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | senatorial quaestores ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
provincial quaestors
ⓘ
quaestores militares ⓘ |
| electedBy |
comitia tributa
ⓘ
linked to:
Comitia Tributa
|
| etymology | derived from Latin quaestor meaning investigator or financial officer ⓘ |
| governanceLevel | municipal (city of Rome) ⓘ |
| hadAuthorityOver | state treasury officials in Rome ⓘ |
| hadPower |
to authorize payments from the aerarium
ⓘ
to keep official financial records ⓘ |
| handled |
state expenditures in Rome
ⓘ
state revenues in Rome ⓘ |
| heldRank | minor magistrate ⓘ |
| historicalSourceMention |
Cicero
ⓘ
Livy ⓘ Tacitus ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
city of Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Rome
|
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
magistratus populi Romani
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman aediles
|
| locationOfOffice | Rome ⓘ |
| numberOfOfficeHolders | two ⓘ |
| oversaw | aerarium ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Republic political system
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman constitution
|
| primaryResponsibility |
management of the public treasury in Rome
ⓘ
urban financial administration ⓘ |
| reportedTo |
Senate of Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Senate
|
| requiredQualification | Roman citizenship ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
custody of public funds
ⓘ
disbursement of money on senatorial decree ⓘ management of state archives kept in the aerarium ⓘ payment of state officials in Rome ⓘ recording financial transactions ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | popular election ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity |
public finance
ⓘ
state administration ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
consuls
ⓘ
praetors ⓘ |
| symbolOfOffice |
sella curulis (in some periods or contexts)
ⓘ
toga praetexta ⓘ |
| termLength | one year ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Roman Republic
ⓘ
early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| workedIn | Temple of Saturn ⓘ |
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Subject: quaestores urbani Description of subject: The quaestores urbani were Roman magistrates responsible for overseeing the city’s financial administration and public treasury in Rome.
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