Suitably for that great city, it was the largest amphitheatre in the Roman world, capable of holding some 50,000 spectators. Eventually there were well over 250 amphitheatres in the Roman empire-so it is no surprise that the amphitheatre and its associated shows are the quintessential symbols of Roman culture.
Creon (/ËkriËÉn/ ; Greek: ÎºÏÎ­ÏÎ½, KreÅn) is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus.e had four sons and three daughters with his wife, Eurydice (sometimes known as Henioche): Henioche, Pyrrha, Megareus (also called Menoeceus), Lycomedes and Haemon. Creon and his sister, Jocasta, were descendants of Cadmus and of the Spartoi.
Hyperion ((Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology). Hymen ((Greek mythology) the god of marriage). Hestia ((Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta).oseidon ((Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune).