AUGUSTA TRAIANA – VEREYA (Maria Kamisheva – maria.ivanowa@gmail.com, Atanas Atanasov) In 2004, an Early Christian basilica was explored close to the west of the site and part of a temple was discovered. In 2015, the temple was explored. It was built at the end of the 2nd century AD and existed until the middle of the 4th century AD. The building was 6.48 m wide and opened to the east, with a pediment showing a shield in relief. The walls, preserved up to 1.82 m in height, were built of ashlars. The floor was paved with marble ashlars. The temple was probably devoted to the Imperial cult. Two Latin inscriptions dated to c. AD 303 were discovered that read: “To the first among the youths, Galerius Valerius Maximianus, most noble Caesar, Aemilius Alexander (erected), a most perfect man, Governor of Province of Thrace, devoted to his divinity and greatness“; “To the first among the youths, Flavius Valerius Constantius, most noble Caesar, Aemilius Alexander (erected), a most perfect man, Governor of Province of Thrace, devoted to his divinity and greatness“ (partly preserved). A cardo was discovered to the east of the temple, 8.80 m wide and paved with large slabs. A barrel-vaulted water-conduit was situated under the street. There was a kerb on the eastern side of the cardo, followed by covered portico. Probably, its construction was related to two fragments from architrave that were discovered, with a Greek inscription that read: “[... equipped the columns / the portico of the temple] of Hermes (located) up to the wide street that leads to the Odeon at [his own expenses]”, dated to the first half of the 3rd century AD. There was a building to the east of the portico, with an entrance constructed of marble ashlars. The destructions in the temple and the street were related to the earthquakes of the middle of the 4th century AD, documented during the archaeological explorations of the town. During the second half of the 4th – end of the 6th centuries AD, the street was reconstructed. New water-conduits of terracotta pipes and drains of bricks were built. A layer of trampled small stones, marble fragments and fragments from building ceramics was spread over the street. The remains of the temple were converted into a cistern, which became functional again during the 12th – 13th centuries.