Cratia,Crateia orKrateia (Ancient Greek:Κρατεία) was a town in the interior ofancient Bithynia, which also bore the nameFlaviopolis,[1] which clearly dates from the imperial period, and probably the time ofVespasian. TheAntonine Itinerary places it betweenClaudiopolis andAncyra ofGalatia, 24M. P. from the former. An autonomous coin with the epigraph κρη is attributed to this place; and there are coins of the imperial period, fromAntoninus Pius toGallienus. It became an episcopal see. Under the nameCratia it remains atitular see of theRoman Catholic Church.[2] It may also have borne the nameAgrippeia.[3]
Its site is located nearGerede inAsiatic Turkey.[3][4]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Crateia".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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