Mythbusting Ancient Rome: the truth about the vomitorium

Saturday 16 July 2022

By Shushma Malik and Caillan Davenport

Abstract: Malik and Davenport argue against the idea that some Roman buildings had purpose-built ‘vomiting rooms’ intended for use after particularly intense feasting sessions. They show that this is a largely modern construct which takes minor references to indulgent feasts in ancient literature, which often represent moral critiques, and converts these into a caricature used to conjure images of highly decadent elites.

Online Journal Article in: The Conversation (online). January 19, 2017.

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