What's a Vomitorium?

[Claire.]

What's a Vomitorium?

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 of gluttony and waste, and one that makes its way into modern texts. Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games" series, for example, alludes to vomitoriums when the lavish inhabitants of the Capitol — all with Latin names like Flavia and Octavia —imbibe a drink to make them vomit at parties so they can gorge themselves on more calories than citizens in the surrounding districts would see in months.

But the real story behind vomitoriums is much less disgusting.

Read more: Live Science

[Thorvir]

Here's an example of a buildings that certainly make me vomit:

[Keel M.]

I knew vomitoriums weren't for puke fests.  I have, however, always believed them to be only the centre entrance in a theatre where the entrance is surrounded by seating as opposed to right or left side where you walk up a hallway and then enter from the sides.