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​Acta Senatus, among the Romans, were minutes of the discussions and decisions of the senate. These were also called Commentarii Senatus, and, by a Greek name, ὑπομνήματα. Before the consulship of Julius Cæsar, minutes of the proceedings of the senate were written and occasionally published, but unofficially. Cæsar first ordered the minutes to be recorded and published authoritatively. The keeping of them was continued by Augustus, but the publication was forbidden. Some prominent senator was usually chosen to draw up these Acta.

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