AD 38

AD 38 (XXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iulianus and Asprenas (or, less frequently, year 791 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 38 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	10s 20s 30s 40s 50s
Years:	35 36 37 AD 38 39 40 41

AD 38 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 38 XXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	791
Assyrian calendar	4788
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−555
Berber calendar	988
Buddhist calendar	582
Burmese calendar	−600
Byzantine calendar	5546–5547
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 2734 or 2674     — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2735 or 2675
Coptic calendar	−246 – −245
Discordian calendar	1204
Ethiopian calendar	30–31
Hebrew calendar	3798–3799
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	94–95
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3138–3139
Holocene calendar	10038
Iranian calendar	584 BP – 583 BP
Islamic calendar	602 BH – 601 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 38 XXXVIII
Korean calendar	2371
Minguo calendar	1874 before ROC 民前1874年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1430
Seleucid era	349/350 AG
Thai solar calendar	580–581
Tibetan calendar	阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 164 or −217 or −989     — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 165 or −216 or −988

Events

Roman Empire

• Claudius and Messalina are probably married this year.
• Apion heads a deputation to Emperor Caligula, to complain about the Jews in Alexandria.
• An anti-Jewish riot breaks out in Alexandria, during a visit by King Herod Agrippa I; the mob wants to place statues of Caligula in every synagogue.

Arts and sciences

• Phaedrus writes his popular collection of fables.

Religion

• Stachys the Apostle becomes the second patriarch of Constantinople.

Births

• Drusilla, Jewish princess and daughter of Herod Agrippa I (d. AD 79)
• Drusilla (the Younger), princess of Mauretania (d. AD 79)
• Julius Archelaus Antiochus, prince of Commagene (d. AD 92)
• Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus, Roman co-emperor (d. AD 69)
• Marcus Valerius Martialis, Roman Latin poet (approximate date)

Deaths

• June 10 – Julia Drusilla, sister of Caligula (b. AD 16)[1]
• Archelaus of Cilicia, Roman client king
• Du Shi, Chinese inventor and politician
• Ennia Thrasylla, Roman noblewoman
• Naevius Sutorius Macro, Roman prefect (b. 21 BC)
• Rhoemetalces II, Roman client king
• Tiberius Gemellus, grandson of Tiberius (b. AD 19)
• Tiberius Julius Aspurgus, Roman client king

References

1. Vagi, David (2016). Coinage and History of the Roman Empire. Routledge. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-135-97125-0.