# The Romans and Vomiting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-romans-and-vomiting/757294>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [June 13, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-romans-and-vomiting/757294 "2016-06-13T21:43:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-romans-and-vomiting/757294/1 "2016-06-13T21:43:18Z")

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In [Cecil’s column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2421/were-there-really-vomitoriums-in-ancient-rome) about Romans and vomiting, he noted that Roman _vomitaria_ were actually theater exits, not special vomiting-rooms in Roman homes. However, he also showed evidence that, all the same, the Romans weren’t shy about vomiting during or after dinner.

However, [this article](http://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2016/06/vomiting-romans-or-were-romans-happy.html) gives a fair bit of scholarly analysis to show that both assertions are, well, more than a little suspect.  
Disclaimer: I am personally acquainted with the new article’s author.

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-romans-and-vomiting/757294/2 "2016-07-04T06:29:15Z")

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Terrific article – thanks for the link.