Roads of the Roman legions

In Classical Antiquity, the Roman legionary camp of Tilurium was located at the site of today’s village of Gardun, overlooking the town of Trilj and the local crossing over the Cetina River. This is above all reflected in the numerous epigraphic monuments and a large quantity of smaller archeological artifacts, which are mostly chance finds that have made their way to various museums and private collections.  Despite the damage, based on the remains of the inscription and the find site, the new votive altar from Tilurium can be attributed to the cohort VIII voluntariorum civium Romanorum and dated to the period when this formation was posted in Tilurium, i.e. the second-third centuries. Based on the inscription analysis, one can conclude that this votive altar was dedicated to the supreme state deity Jupiter (Iovi Optimo Maximo) by the centurion of the cohort VIII voluntariorum civium Romanorum who was originally from the West or from the northern Italy.