Trench 4A Jennie Lindbergh Trench 4A was positioned on the lower side of the theatre complex and its 1m length extended part-way across the modern road which divides the site. The aim was to define the context and direction of the paved Roman road running roughly east-west (and parallel to the stage building) which had been located in Trenches 3A and 3B during the 1996 season. The full 6m width of the road, with its associated drain, and the unpaved verges to each side, were revealed. The cover of the drain shows evidence of some rough repair work using small irregular blocks cemented into place with a pink waterproof cement similar to that used in the Roman orchestra floor as seen in Trenches 1K, 1V etc. At this point the road is apparently inside the city gate, whereas in 3A and 3B it was apparently approaching the gate from the east under the protection of a high wall. The gate must lie under the existing houses. A diagonal branch drain on the south side butts onto an east-west wall in the south face of the trench where it is met by a terracotta down-pipe fitted into a purpose-cut niche in the wall. This wall, which collapsed in an earthquake about the end of the 4th century AD, indicates a degree of re-building and re-use some time prior to that with a variety of earlier roof-tiles and drain-piping, as well as a wide range of stone blocks. Also recovered was a variety of pottery fragments including local and imported Roman red-slip plates, some of which are virtually complete. Prior to the final collapse, a small makeshift enclosure (1.5 x 1.5m) was erected in the south-east corner of the trench. The two halves of a broken olive-oil separator form its north-west corner, while a collapsed column drum may define the eastern perimeter. The function of this enclosure is unknown. On the north side of the road a deposit, apparently a rubbish dump, is of interest for the comparatively high percentage of well-preserved pottery fragments, as well as pieces of Roman window-glass. The deposits associated with the medieval period (1192-1489) have yielded a range of characteristic pottery types as well as a number of architectural fragments which appear to be derived from the theatre. They range from a fragment of a marble Corinthian capital, architrave fragments in the local limestone, and a marble fragment bearing the partial inscription OUTS. A medieval levelling fill is perhaps reflected here, but these fragments may provide some evidence which will contribute to an understanding of the theatre building during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.