該雜志國際簡稱:ACTA CLASS,是由出版商Classical Association of South Africa出版的一本致力于發(fā)布歷史學研究新成果的的專業(yè)學術(shù)期刊。該雜志以CLASSICS研究為重點,主要發(fā)表刊登有創(chuàng)見的學術(shù)論文文章、行業(yè)最新科研成果,扼要報道階段性研究成果和重要研究工作的最新進展,選載對學科發(fā)展起指導作用的綜述與專論,促進學術(shù)發(fā)展,為廣大讀者服務。該刊是一本國際優(yōu)秀雜志,在國際上有很高的學術(shù)影響力。
Acta Classica is an international journal. It has published work by scholars residing in South Africa, the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, Rhodesia and Nyasaland / Zimbabwe / Tanzania, Belgium, New Zealand, Italy, Israel, Poland, Greece, France, and Japan.
The journal publishes work in all fields of Classics, from textual criticism to the Classical Tradition / Reception Studies. Many contributions have been made in the field of Ancient History, but the majority have been literary in nature. Further contributions have been made in the field of Ancient Philosophy and Ancient Religion. Some interesting work has also been done in the history of Classical Scholarship — including the work of South African Classics scholars — Lexicography, Epigraphy, Art, and Archaeology. There have also been articles in such diverse areas of study as Research Methodology in Classics and Byzantine / Medieval Studies.