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Vomitorium logo #10101) Part of a theatre
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Vomitorium

Vomitorium logo #21000 A vomitorium is a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre or a stadium, through which big crowds can exit rapidly at the end of a performance. They can also be pathways for actors to enter and leave stage. The Latin word vomitorium, plural vomitoria, derives from the verb vomō, vomere, `to spew forth.` In ancient Rom.....
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vomitorium

vomitorium logo #21009vomitorium (s), vomitoria (pl) 1. The way into the cavea of a Roman theater or amphitheater. A cavea was the concave-shaped auditorium of an ancient open-air theater, which was often a semicircle of stone benches rising in tiers. A cavea might be divided, depending on the size of the building, into one to three distinct tiers, called upper,...
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