How many Apps did Roman Wax Tablets Have?

[Onasander]

Romans had wax tablets, with Stylus. We have Ipads or Android Tablets.

 

At first glance, at least to the modern eye, a wax tablet is worthless for anything we want to do, and the very idea of Romans having 'apps' for their tablets sounds absurd.

 

It just hit me, they did have apps, just they are so common, and done mentally today that it doesn't even occur to us this is the case.

 

1) Math Suite 4.0

Ever since the Babylonians came out with Math Suite 1.0 for the older, Clay Brand tablets, it has been a absolute must have app for every Tablet owner.

 

The Egyptian 2.0 expanded out of the sexigesimal system, using new base numbers, and the Greek 3.0 built on the Geometry, making it much more systemmatic.

 

In Roman 4.0, you can handle more complex logistical and engineering data Greek 3.5 'Alexander' first introduced in a expansion patch. Another benefit over Greek 3.5, you can now use Roman Numerals instead of Greek letters for speedier and more certain calculations.

 

 

2) Writing 4.0

The Writing 4.0 app, allows you to correlate Image and Sound to produce a meaningful identification with a concrete or abstract thing, or even a phenomena.

 

Writing 4.0 comes with a wider vocabulary base, allowing for a wider range over Etruscan 3.0, and Writing 4.2 Latin keeps the direction of the text consistently moving left to right.

 

Writing 2.0 Phoenician is still available is select markets on the East Coast, however, software support for Writing 1.0 for the Clay Model Tablet has recently been discontinued.

 

Still working on punctuation and a spell check, expect it in a later..... much later, upgrade.

 

3) Slow Mail 4.0

The Roman Mail 4.0 is a complete merger, and revamping, of the earlier Greek 3.0 Mail by Ship and the Persian 2.0 Royal Road. Give the tablet to a messenger, and it will be delivered, anywhere in the Empire via the Roman Road network, pay per view.

 

4) Mimesis/Pornographic Editor 2.0

Ever wanted to see your neighbor's wife naked, without dueling her husband to the death or magistrate if caught? Well, now you can! Simply trace the outline of her figure on the tablet from afar, and scratch two boobs into the center of the chest, and you have yourself a naked woman you can spend hours starring at. 1.0 wasn't compatible with Tablets, being drawn from shadows on the wall.

 

5) Local Area Maps

Your slave too stupid to find her way, and keeps returning empty handed? Draw her a map.

 

6) Factory Reset 2.0

Tired of the same image of your neighbor's wife on the tablet all the time, but don't want to have to smash the Tablet like the older clay models in Babylonia? Or the excessive rubbing off of polish off Papyri so you can erase the text, having to repolish it to work like new in Egyption 1.0?

 

Now, at any given time, with ease, texts can be erased and recreated by wiping it clean and smooth.

 

 

Im guessing the Romans had games like Tic Tac Toe, but dont know.

Add apps you know of, make Cicero proud.

[GhostOfClayton]

Good point. It would be easy to draw up a grid for a quick game of Ludus, then reset for your Shopping List app when the market opens.