Malalas, writing in the 6th century CE and, according to Guidoboni et al. (1994), likely drawing on the Antioch city chronicles, recorded an earthquake that struck Antioch during the reign of Roman Emperor Claudius (r. 41–54 CE). Malalas reports that "cracks appeared in the temples of Artemis, Ares and Heracles, and famous palaces collapsed as well." He also notes further destruction when he recounts that Claudius waived a tax for "his Antiochene subjects, for the reconstruction of the arcades [JW: aka the colonnaded street?] which had been built in the time of Tiberius Caesar." Philostratus (c. 170–245 CE) also mentioned this earthquake, though he provided no details of the damage or chronological information that would allow for a more precise dating. Jordan Pickett in De Giorgi et al. (2024:438–440) does not mention corroborating archaeoseismic evidence for this event.