Tauresium

Tauresium
Remains of building walls in Tauresium
Shown within North Macedonia
Alternative nameGradište
LocationTaor, Skopje Statistical Region, North Macedonia
RegionDardania
Coordinates41°53′53″N 21°36′41″E / 41.89806°N 21.61139°E / 41.89806; 21.61139
TypeSettlement
Site notes
ArchaeologistsArthur Evans
Websitewww.tauresium.info/english/

Tauresium (Latin: Tauresium; Ancient Greek Ταυρήσιον; Macedonian: Тауресиум), today known as Gradište (Macedonian: Градиште), 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).