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by thih9 645 days ago
> A vomitorium is a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre or a stadium through which large crowds can exit rapidly at the end of an event.

> A commonly held but erroneous notion is that Ancient Romans designated spaces called vomitoria for the purpose of literal vomiting, as part of a binge-and-purge cycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomitorium

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In which the thing being spewed is people