LATE ROMAN AGORA
The Late Roman Agora located to the north of the Colonnaded Street has not been excavated yet but its north and south porticoes are 4.5 m wide. West side of the west portico is bounded with a north-south wall and its east side has a row of columns; the timber roof was carried by the columns on the east and piers on the west. The portico has an opus sectile flooring of onyx displaying three different types. Between the west portico and the agora runs a channel for draining the rain water out of the agora.
The south portico is bounded by the Early Byzantine fortification wall on the south and rows of seats on the north. The seven rows of seating in the southwest of the Late Roman Agora was meant as a theatron for the visitors to rest. It is thought that the agora and its porticoes were built in the late fourth – early fifth century AD.
In addition to the excavation work at Tripolis, the campaign covered topographic surveys with GPS, geo-radar scanning to determine the existence of architecture buried as well as restoration and conservation work. (Fig. 1) (Fig. 2)