The expansion of Butrint
By the late 1st century AD the urban area had grown beyond the line of the original circuit wall, down to the shore of the Vivari Channel and onto the plain opposite.
The heart of the town was redeveloped to create many public buildings, some paid for by private sponsorship, including a public bath house. This complex is only partially excavatedand continues under the modern path. The removal of the old temenos wall, at the time of the colony's foundation, probably made way for the new Roman forum, where the citizens met and conducted daily business.
