Although the consul Marcus Pedo Vergilianus was killed, they escaped with only slight injuries and later began a program to rebuild the city.

The Roman emperor Trajan was trapped under the rubble of his home but escaped with minor injuries.

[7] He describes Antioch at that time as crowded with soldiers and many civilians that had travelled from all parts of the empire, because Trajan was wintering there.

Trajan managed to get clear of the house he was staying in by leaving through a window and only suffered minor injuries.

[10] Trajan had a copy of the statue of Tyche by Eutychides erected at the new theatre, to commemorate the rebuilding of the city.