{"id":54596,"date":"2019-09-19T19:03:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T17:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/ciekawostka\/what-was-vomitorium\/"},"modified":"2021-01-16T23:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T22:00:06","slug":"what-was-vomitorium","status":"publish","type":"ciekawostki","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/what-was-vomitorium\/","title":{"rendered":"What was vomitorium?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At present, there is a common misconception that the <em>vomitorium<\/em> was a room specially dedicated by the ancient Romans to empty the stomach during banquets.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In fact, the <em>vomitorium<\/em> was an exit in an amphitheatre or stadium, allowing the crowd to quickly leave the building. Usually, the passage was marked under the rows of seats. Often, the <em>vomitorium<\/em> was used by actors to enter or leave the stage. Modern stadiums imitate the innovative idea of the Romans.<\/p>\n<p>But why there is such a mistake in the meaning of the word <em>vomitorium?<\/em> The word was used by <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/makrobiusz\/\">Macrobius<\/a><sup class=\"footnote\" data-qtip=\"Macrobius, Saturnalia, 6.4.3\" data-footid=\"1\">1<\/sup>, but not in the context of feasts, but as an image of spectators leaving the <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/roman-architecture\/roman-buildings\/amphitheater\/\">amphitheater<\/a> en masse. This wording was misinterpreted in the 19th century with reference to special rooms during feasts. The prevailing belief in uncouth and decadent feasts has resulted in an over-interpretation. However, it cannot be ruled out that the hosts did not actually prepare such rooms.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt, however, that the generous Roman feasts in the homes of rich noblemen ended in vomiting. The stoic writer <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/seneca-the-younger\/\">Seneca the Younger<\/a> (4 BCE &#8211; 65 CE) mentions this. In one of his writings he tells how <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-society\/social-layers-of-ancient-rome\/slavery-in-ancient-rome\/\">slaves<\/a> clean up vomit at banquets, summarizing the feasters: &#8220;They vomit so they may eat, and eat so they may vomit&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36525,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"kategorie_ciekawostek":[77],"class_list":["post-54596","ciekawostki","type-ciekawostki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_ciekawostek-unknown-facts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/54596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ciekawostki"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/54596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_ciekawostek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_ciekawostek?post=54596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}