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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
acta , official texts of ancient Rome, written or carved on stone or metal. Usually acta were texts made public, although publication was sometimes restricted. Acta were first posted or carved for general reading c.131 BC They were accounts of general interest and were later called Acta diurna, and they have been compared to modern newspapers. There were special acta of municipal, legal, or military content. The Acta senatus, according to a Roman administrative tradition, were for many years kept secret so that the public should have no knowledge of senatorial debate. In 59 BC, Julius... Read more
Acta
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... ordered that the Senate 's daily doings (acta diurna , commentaria Senatus ) be made public ... permission. There were also public registers (acta diurna urbis , 'daily minutes of the city ... gazette, a prototype of the modern newspaper. Acta Acta Acta Read more
Magnus Gösta Mittag-Leffler
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... mathematician. He was (1877-81) professor at Helsingfors (Helsinki) and at the Univ. of Stockholm from 1881. In 1882 he founded Acta Mathematica, which he edited until his death. He made important contributions to analysis (including the Mittag-Leffler theorem ... Read more

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