A vomitorium is a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre or a stadium through which large crowds can exit rapidly at the end of an event. They can also be pathways for actors to enter and leave stage. [1] The Latin word vomitorium, plural vomitoria, derives from the verb vomō, vomere, "to spew forth".

2016年8月28日 · As far as pop culture is concerned, a vomitorium is a room where ancient Romans went to throw up lavish meals so they could return to the table and feast some more. It's a striking illustration...

2012年11月20日 · Vomitoriums (technically vomitoria) did indeed exist, but the word had an entirely different sense. It didn’t appear until the end of the fourth century A.D., when the scientifically named...

2017年1月19日 · Roman decadence reached its peak with the vomitorium: a room where feasting elites threw up to make room for more food. Or so the story goes …

2017年1月27日 · Archaeologists today use the words vomitorium/vomitoria as architectural terms, to describe the passageway or corridor of an amphitheatre connecting the bank seats with an outside space. So, how did the word come to be associated with a room used for vomiting during a Roman orgy?

2023年5月31日 · A vomitorium was simply the passage that spectators used to easily reach their seats in the Colosseum or theatre. Although the word vomitorium might indicate that we’re talking about a room to vomit, it actually wasn’t.

2019年6月18日 · This misconception of the vomitorium as a vomiting room is widely acknowledged in popular culture. Our aim is to explore how the myth arose and why it has proved to be so persistent.

2023年8月12日 · While pop culture facts light have you believe that the vomitorium was a place in which greedy Romans would go to make room in their overstuffed bellies to eat more, the real history is a lot more practical than you would think.

2017年1月20日 · The vomitorium is clearly part of this group, but no ancient source actually employs the word to describe a place for post-prandial puking. It first appears in the Saturnalia of Macrobius, written in the 5th century AD. Macrobius uses the plural vomitoria to refer to the passages through which spectators could “spew forth” into their seats ...

2023年12月10日 · With luxurious flooring, and sumptuous columns and capitals framing the doorways, the ‘vomitorium’ was an ornate and glorified entrance to the amphitheatre, regarded with reverence and awe by Roman citizens.