CONQUISITO´RES
CONQUISITO´RES persons employed to go about the
country and impress soldiers when there was a difficulty in completing a
levy. (
Liv. 21.11,
113;
21.21,
13;
23.32,
19;
Cic. pro Mil. 25,
67;
ad Att. 7.21, 1; Hirt.
B. Alex. 2; cf.
Plaut.
Merc. 3.4, 80.) Sometimes commissioners were appointed
by a decree of the senate for the purpose of making a
conquisitio. (
Liv. 25.5,
9.)
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