spŏlĭārĭum, ii, n. [spolium] (postAug.).
I Lit., a place in the amphitheatre where the clothes were stripped from the slain gladiators who were dragged thither , Sen. Ep. 93, 10; Lampr. Commod. 18, 3; 19, 3.—
II Transf., a den of robbers or murderers , a cutthroat place , Sen. Prov. 3, 7; id. Contr. 5, 33; Plin. Pan. 36, 1.