Acratus

Acratus is a classical name attributed to the following individuals:

Acratus (Greek: Ἄκρατος) is also the name by which Pausanias called the hero Acratopotes.
Acratus was a freedman of Nero. He was sent by Nero in 64 AD to Asia and Achaea to plunder the temples and take away the statues of the gods.[1][2]

References

Tacitus, Annales xv. 45, xvi. 23
Smith, William (1867), "Acratus", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, p. 14{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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