The second season of the AIRC-Oxford-Stanford Rome Forum Dig continued
its examination of the area between the Temple of the Castors and
the Oratory of the Forty Martyrs and expanded into the Horrea Agrippiana.
Its focus was:
Investigation of structures of Roman, late Roman, and early Medieval
date previously excavated in 1900 by G. Boni. Boni published a plan
without further documentation (A, D, E, F, G).
Investigation of structures which pre-date the standing remains
of the Domitianic Portico, as well as documentation of the evidence
for later conversion of this space into possible commercial structures,
through two separate trenches (B and C).
Investigation of structure against a brick pier, which was originally
faced in marble. The structure was a monumental entrance to the Vicus
Unguentarius (Street of perfume sellers) or possibly part of a structure
of unknown use (D, F).
Excavation along the Vicus Tuscus to investigate the late Antique/
early Medieval shops lining the road, and the extent to which the
road was maintained in the Medieval period. On the far end, study
of the relationship between the road and the Horrea Agrippiana (E,
G, H, I).
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