I’m really enjoying your “Ancient Gastronomy” posts. Thanks. I’m sure you have read of “vomitoriums”, of which the Romans availed themselves.......so they could indulge more. Old form of anorexia, I assume.
Bulimia is when one throws up. Anorexia is when one doesn’t eat at all. However, the point of Romans’ vomitoria - they say - was to keep eating so as to enjoy more food than one could naturally take in at one time. The point of bulimia is to lose weight.
” I’m sure you have read of “vomitoriums”, of which the Romans availed themselves.......so they could indulge more.”
I have a vomitorium too.. I call it a bathroom. The indulge more part doesn’t work so well though.
A Roman vomitorium was a corridor or passage way at an amphitheater that allowed many people to be seated, or to exit, rapidly. It wasn’t ever a place dedicated to Romans vomiting in order to make room for more food. That’s a myth.