The demolition of the modern barn revealed two rectangular rooms in opus reticulatum with headers of grey tufa parallelepiped blocks and cement vault, preserved intact to the upper level of the portico. These structures were tabernae whose access frontage from the portico was narrowed in the late antique period (4th-5th century A.D.) by the construction of opus vittatum walls. In this period, the two rooms were used for storing marble removed from the forum’s monuments.

The excavation of the sector of portico between the south-east corner of the forum and the passage between the piazza in front of the temple of the Massaria and the forum was completed. Four of the portico’s grey tufa columns were uncovered, the continuation of this part of the portico was decorated with the masks found during the previous campaign, together with a large base abutting the portico’s socle, which was later partially obliterated. The base, which presented traces of a marble facing, was probably used to display statues.

Overall, these excavations confirmed what had been previously documented: the portico was heavily robbed before being buried by the collapse of the structures facing on to it; the column drums were preserved from the base diameter to a height of about 1.50 m; the opus vittatum base of the portico did not preserve any of the original facing.

The abandonment of the area was attested by a double burial abutting the northern side of the large statue base. The tomb was cut into a layer of detritus made up of fragments from elements of the portico mixed with muddy soil, the removal of which continues.

A lime kiln was uncovered in this layer, situated between the west side of the base, the pilaster and west side of the walled area, attesting the robbing of the forum’s monuments. This level lay beneath the collapse of the upper floors of the buildings behind the portico, later obliterated by layers of silt during the gradual swamping of the area.