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Tauresium (Latin; Macedonian: Тауресиум), today known as Gradište (Macedonian: Градиште), is an archaeological site in North Macedonia, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of the capital Skopje.
Tauresium is an archaeological site in North Macedonia, best known as the birthplace of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (ca. 482) and King Theodahad of the Ostrogoths (480).
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This Antique settlement was first recorded by the English explorer, archaeologist and travel writer Arthur Evans more than one hundred years ago. On that occasion, he visited both Scupi and this settlement, identifying the latter as Tauresium, the native town of Emperor Justinian I (527-565), to which the Antique writer Procopius also refers.
Aug 25, 2023 · King Justinian (527–565) was born in Tauresium, which is thought to be close to modern-day Skopje. According to Arben Hajdari, professor of archaeology at the University of Prishtina, this inscription has enormous historical significance and represents the most important discoveries in Kosovo's archaeology to date.
- Justinian's Early Life
- Justinian & The Vandals
- The Gothic War & Totila
- The Codex Justinianus
- Justinian's Life by Procopius
Not a great deal is known about Justinian's early life. His mother Vigilantia was the sister of the Excubitor (Imperial bodyguard). Justin adopted his nephew and brought him to Constantinople to guarantee his education. During Justin's reign, Justinian acted as a close confidant and advisor; he became Consulin 521 CE and thereafter commander of the...
The Vandals had been in control of Africa's capital Carthage since 439 CE and thereafter spread their influence over Africa, Tripolitania, Corsica, Sardinia, and the Balearic islands. In 533 CE Justinian launched a reconquest effort aimed at claiming these areas for the Byzantine Empire. This began in the spring of 533 CE with an anti-Vandal revolt...
The Goths had been in control of Italy and Sicily since 476 CE, when the last Roman Emperor in the West, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed. Though the Gothic Rex Italiae (King of Italy) Odoacer recognised the authority of the emperor in Constantinople, the Gothic regime began to initiate policies independent of the Roman sphere. The Roman aristocracy...
Early on in his reign, Justinian commissioned a legal expert in his court, Tribonian, to gather together numerous legal notes, commentaries, and laws of the Roman legal system into a single text which would hold the force of law: this was the Codex Iustinianus. In 529 CE the first edition was published, followed in 534 CE by a revised second editio...
Justinian is unique among Roman emperors in that his life was recorded in two separate sources by the same author. Procopius of Caesarea, who was a legal secretary to General Belisarius, composed De Bellis ("On the Wars [of Justinian]") between 545 and 553 CE, which records the successes and some failures of the military campaign the emperor launch...
- Will Wyeth
Jan 20, 2017 · Tauresium. 20/01/2017. Skopje Valley with its wide plain and surrounding hills has always been attractive to settlers. Even though the area is not large by modern standards, in olden days it maintained many independent villages, towns, and castra (Roman camps), of which Skupi is the most famous.
Nestled in the rolling landscapes of the Republic of North Macedonia lies the ancient archaeological site of Tauresium. This historical gem, located near the modern city of Skopje, offers visitors a unique glimpse into the early Byzantine period, as it is widely recognized as the birthplace of one of the most notable Roman emperors, Justinian I.
