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Acrassus

Acrassus

Acrassus or Akrassos (Ancient Greek: Ἄκρασος) was an ancient Roman and Byzantine-era city in Lydia (modern Turkey). in the Roman province of Asia and Lydia. Apparently, it is the same place that Ptolemy calls Nacrasa or Nakrasa (Ancient Greek: Νάκρασα), placed on the road from Thyatira to Pergamum.

It was in the upper valley of the Caicus (today Bakırçay) River, at or near , but its exact site is not located.

Acrassus minted its own coins.