TAURU´NUM
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.[L.S]