The Aerarium: Office of the Quaestors

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The Temple of Saturn

Located within the Temple of Saturn the Aerarium functions as both the treasury and legal office for the financial business of Rome, concerning either the Republic or personal transactions between wealthy individuals.

[Raglan]

5,000 denaris arrive from Aulus.

+1 populist point

[Pontifex Maximus]

Severus enters the office and begins pouring over the year's income reports, searching for irregularities. He creates several dispensary notes:

Gaius Marius Aquila: owed 5,000
Marcus Quintilius Rufus: owed 5,000
Tiberius Antonius Commodus: owed 3,000
Servius Sulpicius Pansa: owed 4,000
Sextus Tuccius Alexander: owed 4,000
Publilus Sempremonius Lucullus: owed 4,000
Severus Caecilius Metellus: owed 2,000
Gnaeus Claudius Tranquillus: owed 2,000
Quintus Antonius Lucro: owed 2,000
Septimus Numerius Arrius: owed 2,000
Triarius Atilius Regulus: owed 2,500
Gaius Commodus Graccus: owed 2,500

After this is completed Severus scribbles a note to the Censor, requesting his presence.

[Pontifex Maximus]

Severus enters the office and begins pouring over the year's income reports, searching for irregularities. He creates several dispensary notes:

Gaius Marius Aquila: owed 5,000
Marcus Quintilius Rufus: owed 5,000
Tiberius Antonius Commodus: owed 3,000
Servius Sulpicius Pansa: owed 4,000
Sextus Tuccius Alexander: owed 4,000
Publilus Sempremonius Lucullus: owed 4,000
Severus Caecilius Metellus: owed 2,000
Gnaeus Claudius Tranquillus: owed 2,000
Quintus Antonius Lucro: owed 2,000
Septimus Numerius Arrius: owed 2,000
Triarius Atilius Regulus: owed 2,500
Gaius Commodus Graccus: owed 2,500

After this is completed Severus scribbles a note to the Censor, requesting his presence.

[Dark Storm]

Gnaeus looked over the list, and wondered why his fellow Quaestor had excluded him from it, and why Philus was owed money, when he hadn't been at all active within the Curia over the past year.

[Pontifex Maximus]

His musing was immediately answered when he remembered how he resigned, decided not to, then resigned again, but then decided not to again.

[Dark Storm]

His musing was brought up again when he remebered that the only person who knew of his resigning was the Censor, and somehow everyone found out about it before even the Censor had read the note, gone to vote with it, before he had chance to speak, and when arriving in the Curia, no one had questioned his prescense in the past term whenever he spoke, and how the person they had brought in to take the place hadn't showed up, but would still get the pay, for not showing up, even when he had made it quite clear numerous times that he was resigning at the end of the year, they had all chosen to ignore him, however he was taking his pay...

[Roxas]

The Censor arrived, enjoying the change of scenery as he walked by foot to the Aerarium. He spoke intently to some of the senators who were loitering around before waiting by the entrance.

[Pontifex Maximus]

Upon sighting Commodus Severus met him in the atrium of the Temple of Saturn

Good morning, Censor. As the members of the Senatorial class continue to draw in their yearly earnings I think it is of paramount importance that we ensure that none of this money is ill-gotten. I have no reason to suspect anyone of unscrupulous earnings but vigilance will ensure nothing slips past our nets.

[Roxas]

Tiberius gave a nod of content,

"I am most pleased that you have diverted your attention to this matter, it is as you said paramount that we remain wary for those who wish to extort money from the system using rather shady means. Is there anything else you wish to notify myself of?"

[Pontifex Maximus]

Yes, Censor. I have noticed a certain Senator Tranquilus has been engaging in money making activity unbecoming of a patrician and a senator. His behavior seems to be very focused on the sordid trade of making money. He has opened up his estates for hire, his merchant fleet, his farms, and perhaps the most disturbing of all, he has imported mercenaries for hire to any may with the money to pay for it. I am disturbed by this behavior, but most notably the last.

[Lanthe]

Representative of family Quintilii arrives to collect Consuls pay of Marcus Quintilius Rufus

[The Stig]

Sextus writes to request wages as well.

[Sonke]

Burcanius writes to request his allies wages as well

[The Stig]

-2600 for fine

[Sonke]

-2,600 for fine

[NotYetRegistered]

2,000 denarii is donated to the treasury by Septimus, claiming his salary as Tribune should be put to use for public projects.