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To: Rebelbase

A Vomitorium is a part of an arena where people enter and exit before and after a show. Before a show the crowd and the lines are manageable, but during the exit it’s got to be large to allow all of the people leaving at once.


11 posted on 02/28/2018 8:18:30 PM PST by Celerity
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To: Celerity

Saturday Night Live gave the word a whole new meaning back when their skits were funny


12 posted on 02/28/2018 8:20:15 PM PST by digger48
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To: Celerity

You’re correct, but vomitoria are popularly believed to be rooms where gluttonous Romans went to purge themselves by vomiting so that they could go back to the feast and stuff their faces some more.


13 posted on 02/28/2018 8:20:41 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Celerity

Journalists no longer know the difference between gender and sex, may and might, or of and from, so you they hardly could be expected to know what a vomitorium REALLY is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomitorium


19 posted on 02/28/2018 11:06:46 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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