AD 38

AD 38 (XXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday 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.

AD 38 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 38 XXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	791
Assyrian calendar	4788
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−556 – −555
Berber calendar	988
Buddhist calendar	582
Burmese calendar	−600
Byzantine calendar	5546–5547
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 2735 or 2528     — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2736 or 2529
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	མེ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Fire-Bird) 164 or −217 or −989     — to — ས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dog) 165 or −216 or −988

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Claudius and Messalina are most likely married at this point in time.
• 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.

China

• An epidemic breaks out in K'aui-chi, causing many deaths. Imperial official Ch'ung-li I provides medicines that save many lives.^{[citation needed]}

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Phaedrus writes his popular collection of fables.

Religion

• Paul meets Peter and James in Jerusalem (approximate date) (After 3 years "from his vision on the road to Damascus " went to Jerusalem to meet Peter and stayed 15 days with him.(Epistle to Galatians chapter a 18)
• Andrew the Apostle becomes the first patriarch of Constantinople, and resigns that position shortly thereafter.
• Stachys the Apostle becomes the second patriarch of Constantinople.

Births

• Drusilla, Jewish princess and daughter of Herod Agrippa I (d. AD 79)
• Drusilla, princess of Mauretania
• 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