spoliarium

At each end of the ellipse were entrances into the arena for the combatants, through which the dead bodies were dragged out into the spoliarium.

Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

The _spoliarium_ of the Coliseum was an ancient morgue.

Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine James Sands Elliott

Moloch, so now we find the _spoliarium_ beside the _fornices_ -- Lust hard by Hate.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Rossiter Johnson 1906

Very near us was the door of the spoliarium, into which the dead bodies were dragged after a fight.

Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895

When he had expired and his body was dragged to the spoliarium, the usual midday interlude followed.

Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881

Next mules drew, in the direction of the spoliarium, whole rows of vehicles on which were piled wooden coffins.

Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881

When he had returned home, he was so certain that the end of Lygia's life had come that he sent a trusty freedman to the amphitheatre to bargain with the chief of the spoliarium for the delivery of her body, since he wished to give it to Vinicius.

Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881

There was only one request in it connected with affairs of earth, -- that Vinicius should take her body from the spoliarium and bury it as that of his wife in the tomb in which he himself would rest sometime.

Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881

He remembered also that while he and Ursus were carrying her from the spoliarium an unknown physician had assured him that she was living and would recover.

Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881

From the spoliarium creaking carts bore away the bloody remnants of Christians.

Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881