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Ancient city
Acrassus or Akrassos (
Ancient Greek: Ἄκρασος) was an ancient
Roman and
Byzantine-era city in
Lydia (modern Turkey).
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4] in the
Roman province of Asia and
Lydia.
[5]
[6] Apparently, it is the same place that
Ptolemy calls Nacrasa or Nakrasa (
Ancient Greek: Νάκρασα), placed on the road from
Thyatira to
Pergamum.
[7]
[8]
[9]
It was in the upper valley of the
Caicus River, at or near
İlyaslar,
[10] but its exact site is not located.
[11]
Acrassus
minted its own coins.
[12]
Bishopric
Acrassus was also the seat of a
bishopric and remains a
titular diocese of the
Roman Catholic Church in the
ecclesiastical province of
Sardis. It is named after the ancient city and the current bishop is
Đura Džudžar.
[13]
Known bishops
References
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^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian Church and Other Works: In Nine Volumes, Volume 3 (Straker, 1843)
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^ Antoine Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière, Le grand dictionnaire géographique et critique, Volume 6
(P. Gosse, 1736) p150.
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^ François Morenas, Historical-portable dictionary of geography sacred ancient & modern; (Desaint & Saillant, rue St. Jean de Beauvais, 1759)
p14.
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^ m. Bruzen, Greater geographical dictionary, and criticism. Vol 1 (Martiniere, 1737)
p61.
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^ B. Cher Gruppe,
Lydische Antike Stadt: Philadelphia, Sardis, Adramyttion, Thyatira, Tabala, Algiza, Pitanae, Acrassus, Lipara, Blaundos, Apollonis, Tracula (Books Llc (German), 2010)
p105
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^ Antoine Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière, Le grand dictionnaire géographique et critique, Volume 6 (P. Gosse, 1736) p150.
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^
Ptolemy.
The Geography. Vol. 5.2.16.
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^
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Narcasa".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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^
Pleiades
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^ Getzel M. Cohen (1996).
The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor. University of California Press. pp. 196–197.
ISBN
9780520914087.
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^
Richard Talbert, ed. (2000).
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying.
ISBN
978-0-691-03169-9.
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^
Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Acrasus.
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^ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13.942.