Look up: spoliarium

1. spoliarium
   The hall in which defeated gladiators were stripped of their armour. It was reached by means of the mortuary door on the long axis of the arena, opposite the door through which gladiators entered.
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2. spoliarium
   spoliarium A chamber beneath the Roman arena, where bodies of dead gladiators, and other dead bodies, were dragged and later disposed of by burial or whatever was decided by Roman officials.
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