Editing Promagistrate (section)

=== Proquaestor ===
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A '''proquaestor''' was a person who took up the administrative duties normally adopted by a [[quaestor]]. This was normally done in the absence of a questor, usually by death or resignation. In such cases, a governor normally named a member of his staff: for example, [[Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella]] named [[Gaius Verres]] to serve ''pro quaestore'' in 80&nbsp;BC.<ref>{{harvnb|Kierdorf|2006c}}, citing Cic. ''Verr.'', 2.1.41.</ref> At other times, ex-quaestors were sent or kept as proquaestor to act as someone's quaestor. But more extraordinarily, in the absence of sufficient governors or to complete some specific task, an ex-quaestor could be sent as a governor with the title ''pro quaestor pro praetore''.<ref>{{harvnb|Kierdorf|2006c}}, citing Cic. ''Fam.'' 5.6 ([[Publius Sestius]]), 2.18 ([[Lucius Antonius (brother of Mark Antony)|Lucius Antonius]]), 12.15.</ref> For example, [[Cato the Younger|Marcus Porcius Cato]] was dispatched to Cyprus ''pro quaestore pro praetore'' to handle the annexation of the island.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Drogula |first=Fred K |title=Cato the Younger: life and death at the end of the Roman republic |date=2019 |isbn=978-0190869021 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |oclc=1090168108 |page=158 }}</ref>