Abstract
The story of the Tilurium tropaeum goes back as far as the final years of the nineteenth century. In 1886, a limestone slab was discovered in Ante Bilić’s field as it was farmed, measuring 1.36 × 1.04 × 0.24 meters, followed soon after by another, smaller piece, this one 0.48 × 0.53 × 0.28 meters in size, which apparently came from the same monument. The two fragments have been described and discussed several times by the Split-based researcher Nenad Cambi. In N. Cambi’s opinion, the stone slabs bearing a relief sculpture showing a trophy, captives, and an inscription, were part of a tropaeum set up in the camp at Tilurium by the Seventh Legion after the suppression of the rebellion in Pannonia in AD 6–9, or, to be more specific, after Tiberius ex Ilurico triumph in AD 12. However, in this paper I would like to suggest another possible interpretation of the monument. Consequently, I am going to re-analyze all available sources on the conflict and ways of celebrating victory during the Bellum Batonianum.
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