Balty (1988:91) proposed that a major public building programme at Apamea—located “56 miles [90 km.] to the south” of Antioch—may have been initiated in response to damage from the 115 CE Trajan Quake. According to Balty, work began with the colonnades of the main street, one of the baths, and the city’s water supply. The basis for this suggestion was an inscription on the main entrance to the baths, which records that Governor Gaius Iulius Quadratus Bassus “bought ground at his own expense and founded the baths, the basilica inside them, and the portico of the street in front, with all their decoration and bronze works of art” ( Balty 1988:91–92). The text is dated to 116 CE, shortly after the 115 CE Trajan Quake. However, the inscription makes no reference to seismic damage. Ambraseys (2009) argued instead that the baths represented a new civic foundation rather than a repair, and therefore concluded that the evidence does not securely connect this Apamea building programme with the 115 CE Trajan Quake.