Appointed to deal with a serious debt situation. This they did by payments from public funds, or by authorizing bankruptcy proceedings or surrender of property (Liv. 7.21.5-8; Gaius Inst. 4.23; cf. Rotondi 224; Frank, ESAR 1.29f.). On Publilius, see Lübker no. 2. (Broughton MRR I)