Niger himself, riding a fast horse, escaped with a few of his men and came to Antioch. There he found such of the population as had remained evacuating the city, and the place full of weeping and grief as people lamented for their sons and brothers. In despair he too hurried away from Antioch. In one of the outlying areas of the city he was found hiding by the pursuing cavalry and caught and beheaded.
Edition :
Herodian. History of the Empire, Volume I: Books 1-4. Translated by C. R. Whittaker. Loeb Classical Library 454. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969.
Herodian. History of the Empire, Volume II: Books 5-8. Translated by C. R. Whittaker. Loeb Classical Library 455. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970.
