Ashot Taronites (Greek: Ἀσώτιος Ταρωνίτης, romanized: Asōtios Tarōnitēs; Armenian: Աշոտ, romanized: Ašot; fl. c. 995 – c. 997/8) was a Byzantine nobleman. Captured by the Bulgarians in 995, he was released in 996 and married to Miroslava, daughter of Tsar Samuel of Bulgaria. Appointed governor of Dyrrhachium by Samuel, he and his wife fled to Constantinople and arranged for Dyrrhachium to be handed over to Byzantine rule.