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.
Not to be confused with Neoplasm. Pleonasm (/ËpliËÉnÃ¦zÉm/; from Greek ÏÎ»ÎµÎ¿Î½Î±ÏÎ¼ÏÏ (pleonasmos), from ÏÎ»Î­Î¿Î½ (pleon), meaning more, too much) is the use of more words or parts of words than is necessary or sufficient for clear expression: examples are black darkness, burning fire, or people's democracy.