Appunti per la storia del iudex quaestionis

Abstract

The iudices quaestionum were probably created in the years between the death of C. Gracchus and the advent of Sulla, with the aim of providing, in the absence of a sufficient number of praetors, the presidency of the quaestiones perpetuae then existing; they were chosen by lot among the ex-aediles. After Sulla’s judicial reorganization, they became ‘substitutes’ for the praetors, but continued to be chosen among the aedilicii and the method of selection (sortitio) remained the same.

Keywords : Iudex quaestionis; quaestiones perpetuae; lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis.