New excavations and analyses of the archaeological remains situated in the locality of “Torre di Gennaro” began in 2007. Here, an area for public use had been identified, the forum of the ancient town of _Larinum_. The work concentrated on the north-eastern sector of the forum which appeared to be bordered, to the east, by the monumental facade of a large apsidal building (building A), traditionally interpreted as a basilica and only partially explored to date. The interest and peculiarity of the building, in _opus reticulatum mixtum_, emerge not only from the state of preservation of the structures and remains of architectural decorations still _in situ_, but also from its position and level of monumentality with which, through transformations and readaptions both architectural and functional, it seems to have survived well beyond late antiquity, the period to which the final great restructuring visible in the archaeology dates. The excavation involved the part of the building as yet unexplored, in particular, the north-western sector. Here, it was possible to attribute the creation of a stylobate using limestone blocks taken from an honorary monument of Augustan date to a late antique phase. Two main phases were identified, one dating to between the final decades of the 1st and the first half of the 2nd century A.D., the other to the mid 4th century A.D. Following the earthquake of 346 A.D. the building was reconstructed and its appearance completely modified, both in plan and architecture. The new internal division into five naves redefined the extension and function of the great central court. In the central nave, along the surviving stylobate, the honorary dedication celebrating _Antonius_ (346-351/358 A.D.), the first _rector_ of the _regio Samnium_, may indicate who was responsible for the reconstruction of the entire building. It remains difficult to establish the function of the first building, perhaps a reception area administered by a collegio, whilst the second phase was probably connected with judicial affairs and the administration of the territory.

As part of a project begun in 2007 by Rome “La Sapienza” University and the Archaeological Superintendency of Molise, work continued on the excavation and documentation of the archaeological remains situated at the eastern edge of the forum of ancient _Larinum_. Following the partial exploration (2007-2009) of the stratigraphic deposit inside the large apsidal building (A) bordering the eastern side of the forum, in 2010 the excavation concentrated in two different points of the known archaeological area in the locality of Piano della Torre/Torre De Gennaro. In the north-west sector, the space immediately in front of building A was examined, where in 2010 the remains of a monumental structure forming a link between the forum and the building had come to light. Further east, between the latter, the brick _tempietto_ and the late Republican _domus_ constituting the east end of the archaeological area, the excavation of a small trench north of building A was completed. In the first case, the exploration of the north-east corner of the forum exposed a series of perfectly aligned, large, squared trachyte blocks along the west side of building A, on the same level as the entrance threshold. The position and general organization of these elements, also in respect to building A, suggested the blocks and associated structures may have formed the forum’s eastern edge, perhaps in the form of a portico, joining with the building itself. The excavation on the external north side of building A exposed a short stretch of basalt road, known from previous seasons. Although situated at a slightly lower level than the entrance to the _domus_, the basalt surface resulted as being part of a road that predated the early imperial period, which dates the beginning of the general reorganization of the area and the construction of building A, which obliterated this road.