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Quadrille

a dance consisting of five figures or movements, executed by four sets of couples, each forming the side of a square. Also, the music composed for such a dance; and, a game of cards played by four persons with 40 cards, the tens, nines, and eights being thrown out from an ordinary pack. also had charge of the funds of the army, to which they were paymasters. The number of quæstors was increased to eight 265 B. C. Sylla raised the number to 20, and Julius Cæsar to 40.

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