the 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.
the collective census of votes opens with the room · in fieri
have you thought about the empire today?
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each day is a roman arch. its interior fills with cinnabar in proportion to the part of the senate that declared it thought about rome. the hollow stone arches have not been voted yet.
the of the month.
fasti measures the . comitia, the present.
fasti tells what happened in rome on a day like today. comitia tells how much we thought about rome today. one looks back; the other, the reflection rome still casts on us.
one question, one vote. the minimal ritual of the house.
feeds the census: how much, and what reminded you.
links to the encyclopædia entry that explains it.