TAURU´NUM(Ταύρουνον), a strong fortress in Lower Pannonia, at the point where the Savus joins the Danubius, on the road from Sirmium to Singidunum. It was the station of a small fleet of the Danubius. (Plin. Nat. 3.28; Ptol. 2.16.4; It. Ant. pp. 131, 241; Tab. Peut.;Geogr. Rav. 4.19, where it is called Taurynum.) Its site is now occupied by the fortress of Semlin, opposite to Belgrade.
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