On the south side of the Acropolis, the City Asklepieion (fig. 4) underwent major changes usually overlooked during examinations of Augustan alterations in the city.  The most obvious of these changes is the small "Southwest Stoa" or the "Augustan Stoa" in the Asklepieion itself.   About fourteen meters in length and five or six meters deep, the stoa was less than half the size of the better-known "Doric Stoa" on the opposite side of the courtyard.  Zenon of Rhamnous, the sanctuary’s priest, mentions Augustus in the dedication.  The entire project can be dated to shortly after 9/8 B.C.E. due to the archon’s name preserved in the prominent dedication,  one of the first things a visitor would see upon entering the sanctuary.  Hoff follows Walker in believing the dedication refers to the propylon, but Aleshire and Wycherley confirm that the dedication refers to the Augustan Stoa.   It is clear that the Augustan Stoa cannot be counted as one of the imperial benefactions to the city, and may be a public construction, financed by the city.

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