M. Tullius Cicero, Pro Fonteio, Charles Duke Yonge (Translator), 5

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[5] Of two magistracies, each of which is occupied in handling and dealing with large sums of money, the triumvirate ¹ and the quaestorship, such accurate accounts have been rendered, that in those things which were done in the sight of men, which affected many men's interests, and which were set forth both in public and private registers, no hint of robbery, no suspicion of any offence can possibly arise.

Pro Fonteio. M. Tullius Cicero. Charles Duke Yonge (Translator). London. 1856.

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For M. Fonteius (English) (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.)

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[5] duorum magistratuum, quorum uterque in pecunia maxima tractanda procurandaque versatus est, triumviratus et quaesturae, ratio sic redditur, iudices, ut in eis rebus quae ante oculos gestae sunt, ad mu ltos pertinuerunt, confectae publicis privatisque tabulis sunt¹, nulla significatio furti, nulla alicuius delicti suspicio reperiatur².

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1. There were several sorts of triumviri who were concerned in the pecuniary affairs of the state: the triumviri mensarii, who were a sort of bankers, but who seem to have been permanently employed by the state, in whose hands we read, that not only the aerarium, but also private individuals deposited sums of money which they had to dispose of. ( Vide Smith, Dict. Ant. p. 613, v. Mensarii;) the triumviri monetales, who had the whole superintendence of the mint, and of the money that was coined in it; and the triumviri capitales who, among their other duties, enforced the payment of fines due to the state, and the triumviri sacris conquirendis donisque persequendis, who seem to have had to take care that all property given or consecrated to the gods was applied to that purpose, and who must therefore have been responsible for its application. Vide Smith, Dict. Ant p. 1009, v. Triumviri.

M. Tullius Cicero Pro Fonteio 5

Charles Duke Yonge (Translator)

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