yodidac quod scripsi, scripsi
taberna
en es ca de
comitia · three directions

three directions of the same core.

three explorations of one core — a daily vote + a heat calendar. the direction chosen for yodidac was the first, tabula; the other two are kept here.

i · tabula — arch glyphs chosen

the chosen one. every day is a roman arch whose hollow interior fills with cinnabar. this is the live /comitia.

yodidac. tabula · i
comitia · censvs cogitationvm

the senate thinks
of rome.

the comitia were the assemblies where the roman people voted. this is ours, and it asks a single question: have you thought about the roman empire today? one vote a day. the census of our collective imperial thought.

census · cives
6240
said yes today
63%
anno
mmxxvi

ivlivs mmxxvi.

6240 cives
l m x j v s d
1
2
3
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5
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less
more thought

each roman arch is a day: its interior lights up in cinnabar by the part of the senate that thought of rome. the hollow stone arches have not been voted yet.

ii · censvs — the ledger

a register of thirty-one day-rows: a heat bar measures the share of the senate, the figure counts the cives.

yodidac. census · ii
comitia · censvs cogitationvm

the senate thinks
of rome.

the comitia were the assemblies where the roman people voted. this is ours, and it asks a single question: have you thought about the roman empire today? one vote a day. the census of our collective imperial thought.

census · cives
6240
said yes today
63%
anno
mmxxvi

tabularium ivlivs.

xxxi days
01
71% 4430
02
64% 3994
03
62% 3869
04
83% 5179
05
88% 5491
06
79% 4930
07
74% 4618
08
69% 4306
09
61% 3806
10
58% 3619
11
81% 5054
12
90% 5616
13
77% 4805
14
72% 4493
15
86% 5366
16
67% 4181
17
63% 3931
18
84% 5242
19
91% 5678
20
78% 4867
21
88% 5491
22
— pending
23
— pending
24
— pending
25
— pending
26
— pending
27
— pending
28
— pending
29
— pending
30
— pending
31
— pending

the daily census. the bar measures what share of the senate thought of rome; the figure, how many cives. today marked in cinnabar.

iii · mappa — heat grid

a flat heat grid plus a leaderboard of triggers — why we thought of rome.

yodidac. mappa · iii
comitia · censvs cogitationvm

the senate thinks
of rome.

the comitia were the assemblies where the roman people voted. this is ours, and it asks a single question: have you thought about the roman empire today? one vote a day. the census of our collective imperial thought.

census · cives
6240
said yes today
63%
anno
mmxxvi

mappa caloris.

ivlivs mmxxvi
l m x j v s d
1 71
2 64
3 62
4 83
5 88
6 79
7 74
8 69
9 61
10 58
11 81
12 90
13 77
14 72
15 86
16 67
17 63
18 84
19 91
20 78
21 88
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
less
more thought
⁕ causae · why we think of rome
i roman law
18%
ii a road or an aqueduct
16%
iii a film or a series
15%
iv a meme
13%
v a latin quote
11%
vi current politics
10%
vii roman concrete
9%
viii something else
8%
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