Žrtvenik boga Jupitera iz Vrtlišta kod Kaknja
Altar of Jupiter from Vrtlište near Kakanj

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses a newly-discovered epigraphic altar dedicated to the main Roman deity of Jupiter Optimus Maximus from the site of Vrtlište, near the town of Kakanj in central Bosnia. Although the altar is the rst epigraphic evidence of this kind in the broader Kakanj area, it represents another conrmation of a dominant role which the cult of Jupiter Optimus Maximus took in the hinterland of the Roman province of Dalmatia. At the same time it is the evidence of the widely spread Aureliusnomina and as such, of increasing Romanization of the autochthonous population during the reign of the Antonine dynasty. As it was already noticed on several votive oerings from other parts of Roman Dalmatia, mainly from municipium Riditarum in modern Croatia, the Max-ima cognomina in the onomastic formulae of Aurelia, reveals the autochthonous origin behind the Romanised formulae, suggesting the process of interpretation Romana. Information of autochthonous origin combined with historical context of altar nd spot allow the conclusion that Aurelia Maxima was a member of one of the largest indigenous tribes in the province of Dalmatia, the Daesitiates. Duo nomina onomastic formulae with Aureliusnomen gentile suggest the dating of the altar 161–212 A. D.

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