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QUAESTORIUM.
318
REPETUNDAE.
the quaestors after their election at Rome,
is not mentioned, though it was probably
by lot, as in the case of the quaestor Osti-
ensis.
QUAESTORIUM. [Castea.]
QUALUS. [Calathus.]
QUARTARIUS. [Sextarius.]
QUASI LLARIAE. [Calathus.]
QUASILLUM. [CALATH08.]
QUATUORVIRI JURI DICUNDO. [CO-
lon! a.]
QUATUORVIRI VIA RUM CURANDA-
RUM, four officers who had the superintend-
ence of the roads (viae), were first appointed
after the war with Pyrrh.ua, when so many
public roads were made by the Romans.
QUINARIUS. [Denarius.]
QUINCUNX. [As.]
QUINDECIMVIRI. [Decimvtri.]
QUINQUATRUS or QUINQUATRIA, a
festival sacred to Minerva, which was cele-
brated on the 19th of March. Ovid says
that it was celebrated for five days, that on
the first day no blood was shed, but that on
the last four there were contests of gladiators.
It would appear, however, that only the first
day was the festival properly so called, and
that the last four were merely an addition
made perhaps in the time of Caesar, to gratify
the people, who became so passionately fond
of gladiatorial combats. On the fifth day of
the festival, according to Ovid, the trumpets
used in sacred rites were purified ; but this
seems to have been originally a separate
festival called Ttil/ilustrium, which was cele-
brated, as we know from the ancient calen-
dars, on the 23rd of March, and would of
course, when the Quinquatrus was extended
to five days, fall on the last day of that festi-
val. There was also another festival of this
name, called Quinquatrus Minusculae or
Quinquatrus Minorcs, celebrated on the Ides
of June, on which the tibicines went through
the city in procession to the temple of
Minerva.
QUINQUENNALIA, were games instituted
by Nero, a. u. 60, in imitation of the Greek
festivals, and celebrated like the Greek nev-
raen]pi'6es, at the end of every four years :
they consisted of musical, gymnastic, and
equestrian contests.
QUINQUENNALIS. [Colonia, p. 101, a.]
QUINQUEREMIS. [Navis.]
QUINQUERTIUM. [Pentathlon.]
QUINQUEVIRI, or five commissioners,
were frequently appointed under the republic
as extraordinary magistrates to carry any
measure into effect.
QUINTAN A. [Castra.]
QUIRINALIA, a festival sacred to Quiri-
nus, which was celebrated on the 17th of
February, on which day Romulus (Quirinus)
was said to have been carried up to heaven.
This festival was also called Stultorum ferine.
respecting the meaning of which see Forna-
calia.
QUIRITIUM JUS. [Jus.]
RAMNES. [Patricii.]
RAPINA. JFurtum.]
RECUPERATORES. [Judex.]
REDEMPTOR, the general name for a
contractor, who undertook the building and
repairing of public works, private houses, &c,
and in fact of any kind of work. The far-
mers of the public taxes were also called
Bedemptores.
REDIMICULUM Oa0e-n;p), a fillet at-
tached to the calautiea, diadema, mitra, or
other head-dress at the occiput, and passed
over the shoulders, so as to hang on each
side over the breast. Rcdimicula were pro-
perly female ornaments.
REGIFUGIUM or FUGALIA, the king's
flight, a festival which was held by the Ro-
mans every year on the 24th of February,
and, according to some ancient writers, in
commemoration of the flight of king Tarqui-
nius Superbus from Rome. The day is
marked in the Fasti as nefastus. In some
ancient calendars the 24th of May is likewise
called Regifugium. It is doubtful whether
either of these days had anything to do with
the flight of king Tarquinius : they may have
derived their name from the symbolical flight
of the Rex Sacrorum from the comitium ; for
this king-priest was generally not allowed to
appear in the comitium, which was destined
for the transaction of political matters in
which he could not take part. But on certain
days in the year, and certainly on the two
days mentioned above, he had to go to the
comitium for the purpose of offering certain
sacrifices, and immediately after he had per
formed his functions there, he hastily fled
from it; and this symbolical flight was called
Regifugium.
RELEGATIO. [Exsilium.]
REMANCIPATIO. [Emancipatto.]
REMULCUM (pu/xouAKeif xa; vavs), a rope
for towing a ship, and likewise a tow-barge.
REMURIA. [Lejiuria.]
REMUS. [Navis.]
REPETUXDAE, or PECUNIAE REPE-
TUXDAE, was the term used to designate
such sums of money as the socii of the Ro-
man state or individuals claimed to recover
from magistratus, judices, or publici cura-
tores, which they had improperly taken or
received in the Provinciae, or in the Urbs
318
REPETUNDAE.
the quaestors after their election at Rome,
is not mentioned, though it was probably
by lot, as in the case of the quaestor Osti-
ensis.
QUAESTORIUM. [Castea.]
QUALUS. [Calathus.]
QUARTARIUS. [Sextarius.]
QUASI LLARIAE. [Calathus.]
QUASILLUM. [CALATH08.]
QUATUORVIRI JURI DICUNDO. [CO-
lon! a.]
QUATUORVIRI VIA RUM CURANDA-
RUM, four officers who had the superintend-
ence of the roads (viae), were first appointed
after the war with Pyrrh.ua, when so many
public roads were made by the Romans.
QUINARIUS. [Denarius.]
QUINCUNX. [As.]
QUINDECIMVIRI. [Decimvtri.]
QUINQUATRUS or QUINQUATRIA, a
festival sacred to Minerva, which was cele-
brated on the 19th of March. Ovid says
that it was celebrated for five days, that on
the first day no blood was shed, but that on
the last four there were contests of gladiators.
It would appear, however, that only the first
day was the festival properly so called, and
that the last four were merely an addition
made perhaps in the time of Caesar, to gratify
the people, who became so passionately fond
of gladiatorial combats. On the fifth day of
the festival, according to Ovid, the trumpets
used in sacred rites were purified ; but this
seems to have been originally a separate
festival called Ttil/ilustrium, which was cele-
brated, as we know from the ancient calen-
dars, on the 23rd of March, and would of
course, when the Quinquatrus was extended
to five days, fall on the last day of that festi-
val. There was also another festival of this
name, called Quinquatrus Minusculae or
Quinquatrus Minorcs, celebrated on the Ides
of June, on which the tibicines went through
the city in procession to the temple of
Minerva.
QUINQUENNALIA, were games instituted
by Nero, a. u. 60, in imitation of the Greek
festivals, and celebrated like the Greek nev-
raen]pi'6es, at the end of every four years :
they consisted of musical, gymnastic, and
equestrian contests.
QUINQUENNALIS. [Colonia, p. 101, a.]
QUINQUEREMIS. [Navis.]
QUINQUERTIUM. [Pentathlon.]
QUINQUEVIRI, or five commissioners,
were frequently appointed under the republic
as extraordinary magistrates to carry any
measure into effect.
QUINTAN A. [Castra.]
QUIRINALIA, a festival sacred to Quiri-
nus, which was celebrated on the 17th of
February, on which day Romulus (Quirinus)
was said to have been carried up to heaven.
This festival was also called Stultorum ferine.
respecting the meaning of which see Forna-
calia.
QUIRITIUM JUS. [Jus.]
RAMNES. [Patricii.]
RAPINA. JFurtum.]
RECUPERATORES. [Judex.]
REDEMPTOR, the general name for a
contractor, who undertook the building and
repairing of public works, private houses, &c,
and in fact of any kind of work. The far-
mers of the public taxes were also called
Bedemptores.
REDIMICULUM Oa0e-n;p), a fillet at-
tached to the calautiea, diadema, mitra, or
other head-dress at the occiput, and passed
over the shoulders, so as to hang on each
side over the breast. Rcdimicula were pro-
perly female ornaments.
REGIFUGIUM or FUGALIA, the king's
flight, a festival which was held by the Ro-
mans every year on the 24th of February,
and, according to some ancient writers, in
commemoration of the flight of king Tarqui-
nius Superbus from Rome. The day is
marked in the Fasti as nefastus. In some
ancient calendars the 24th of May is likewise
called Regifugium. It is doubtful whether
either of these days had anything to do with
the flight of king Tarquinius : they may have
derived their name from the symbolical flight
of the Rex Sacrorum from the comitium ; for
this king-priest was generally not allowed to
appear in the comitium, which was destined
for the transaction of political matters in
which he could not take part. But on certain
days in the year, and certainly on the two
days mentioned above, he had to go to the
comitium for the purpose of offering certain
sacrifices, and immediately after he had per
formed his functions there, he hastily fled
from it; and this symbolical flight was called
Regifugium.
RELEGATIO. [Exsilium.]
REMANCIPATIO. [Emancipatto.]
REMULCUM (pu/xouAKeif xa; vavs), a rope
for towing a ship, and likewise a tow-barge.
REMURIA. [Lejiuria.]
REMUS. [Navis.]
REPETUXDAE, or PECUNIAE REPE-
TUXDAE, was the term used to designate
such sums of money as the socii of the Ro-
man state or individuals claimed to recover
from magistratus, judices, or publici cura-
tores, which they had improperly taken or
received in the Provinciae, or in the Urbs