PaulTon:
mkg335:
Or as the Roman in the vomitorium said to his friend, "Bring that up again and we'll vote on it."
It is not true that Romans ate so much that they would visit a room called the vomitorium to be sick inbetween courses. A vomitorium is actually just an exit corridor in a building.
I always doubted the veracity of that story anyway, it's just too way out there.
Back in the game...
Paul, good detective work. I looked it up right after posting only to discover that it did indeed provide a quick exit, usually from the amphitheater, and wasn't really a place to make room for more feasting.
On the other hand, I've read reports that Roman soldiers would occasionally pour copious amounts of wine into a comrade (wasn't that difficult to get him to keep drinking) and then stick a sword in his belly just to watch the wine pour out and maybe drink a bit of it themselves.