Tauresium
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Tauresium (Latin: Tauresium; Ancient Greek Ταυρήσιον; ), today known as Gradište (), is an archaeological site in North Macedonia, near the village of Taor. Tauresium is the birthplace of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (ca. 482) and King Theodahad of the Ostrogoths (480).
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Tauresium
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Gradište
- Ancient site.image
- Tauresium, Macedonia2.JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- Remains of building walls in Tauresium
- Ancient site.map_type
- Macedonia
- Ancient site.location
- Taor, Skopje Statistical Region, North Macedonia
- Ancient site.region
- Dardania
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Arthur Evans
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Located in
- Taor
- Location
- Taor
- Image
- Tauresium, Macedonia3.JPG
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- archaeological site of
- city
- Commons category
- Tauresium
- time period
- classical antiquity
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Location and general characteristics
- References
- External links
Tauresium (Latin: Tauresium; Ancient Greek Ταυρήσιον; ), today known as Gradište (), is an archaeological site in North Macedonia, near the village of Taor. Tauresium is the birthplace of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (ca. 482) and King Theodahad of the Ostrogoths (480).
== Location and general characteristics == thumb|left|220px|Remains of the ancient town of Tauresium
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tauresium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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