Altar of Iulius Rasci from Borovo

In 1979, while ploughing at a field called ‘Crepulja’ in Borovo (Croatia), Maksim Bjelica found a Roman altar. Its findspot is in the area of Teutoburgium, the Roman auxiliary fort built on the Pannonian limes during the last quarter of the 1st century AD which occupied a commanding position near the confluence point between the Danube and the Drava river. Thus, it controlled one of the major routes into the province of Pannonia inferior. Bjelica donated the altar to the Vukovar City Museum in 1981.

The altar is made of limestone (dimensions: 42 x 33 x 21.5 cm). It is, unfortunately, damaged…