Pseudo-Crato

Pseudo-Abdias' ten-volume histories, which -- due to references to events in the year 524 -- cannot be from before the 6th-century,[3] includes a preface purportedly written by the early 3rd-century chronicler Julius Africanus.

According to the text, this Craton had also written a ten-volume history of the apostles, which in turn had also been translated into Latin by Africanus.

And because Julius Africanus wrote in Greek, not Latin, by the 19th century the Pseudo-Abdias' story of 'Craton' and his work were generally considered a fabrication.

[4][5][2] Lipsius additionally insisted that Pseudo-Craton, and not Pseudo-Abdias, should be given credit for the histories.

[6] A Craton associated with the apostles Simon and Jude is known briefly from other works, such as the 5th/6th century Coptic Acts of Bartholomew.