The main objective of this 4th campaign was to continue last season’s work and re-examine the trenches dug during previous excavations. The new interventions took place in several sectors above the podium of the Republican temples and the area to its east. In particular, the excavation of sector D (ex sector VIII of the old excavations) continued and reached archaic levels. Sondages were opened in the southern part of the podium where unfortunately the stratigraphy had been cut by the earlier excavations (F20, F23, F24, E13a, E13b). A cavity created in the front part of the podium revealed stratigraphy post dating the 13th-14th centuries A.D. (E13).

New interventions took place at the south-eastern corner of the excavation, to the exterior of the Republican podium and in correspondence with the tabernae of imperial date. In fact, two sectors were opened, denominated C22 East and C22 West. The aim was to gain a better understanding of the topography around the podium, particularly in relationship to the question of the location of the Porta Triumphalis.
The intervention in trench D10 required a substantial technical and organisational commitment, which brought to light a portion of the west side of the archaic temple and the related stratigraphy.

At the end of the season, the excavated area was completely back filled for reasons of safety and preservation. Other trenches were also filled, in particular the cavities that had been left open by earlier excavators, notably trenches VII/IX that were back filled to the top of the podium’s perimeter wall