Tauresium

E135349

Tauresium was an ancient settlement in the Balkans, traditionally identified as the birthplace of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tauresium canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient settlement
archaeological site
administrativeLocation Municipality of Zelenikovo
associatedWith Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
birthplaceOf Justinian I
coordinateLocation 41.9°N 21.6°E
country North Macedonia
culture Byzantine culture
surface form: Byzantine

Late Roman
currentCondition ruins
destroyedBy earthquake
destroyedIn 518 earthquake
distanceTo approximately 20 km southeast of Skopje
excavationStart 20th century
floruit Late Antiquity
hasAlternativeName Taurision
Taurisium
hasArchaeologicalRemains churches
fortifications
residential buildings
towers
hasNearbySettlement Bader, North Macedonia
Taor, North Macedonia
hasProtectionStatus protected archaeological site
heritageDesignation Cultural Heritage of North Macedonia
languageOfName Greek
Latin
locatedIn Balkans
Skopje
surface form: Skopje Statistical Region
locatedInValley Vardar River
surface form: Vardar River valley
locatedNear Skopje
locatedOn hilltop
mentionedIn Procopius
surface form: Procopius of Caesarea
namedAfter Taurus
surface form: Taurus (possibly, uncertain)
nearWatercourse Vardar River
partOf Illyricum
Justinian I heritage sites
Roman province of Dardania
region Dardania
significance birthplace of a Byzantine emperor
important Late Antique fortified settlement
significantPeriod 6th century
timeOfDestruction 6th century
tourism local tourist attraction
traditionalBirthplaceOf Justinian I

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Justinian I placeOfBirth Tauresium
Petrus Sabbatius birthPlace Tauresium