38

This page is about the year 38. For the actual number, see thirty-eight.

38 (XXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 38th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 38th year of the 1st millennium, the 38th year of the 1st century, and the 9th year of the 30s decade. As of the start of 38, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days behind the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	0s  10s  20s  – 30s –  40s  50s  60s
Years:	35 36 37 – 38 – 39 40 41

AD 38 in other 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

• Probable year of the marriage of Claudius and Messalina
• Apion represents a group to complain to Caligula about the Jews in Alexandria
• Anti-Jewish riot starts in Alexandria during a visit by Agrippa I. The mob wants to place statues of Caligula in every synagogue.
• Phaedrus writes his popular collection of fables
• Stachys the Apostle becomes the second patriarch of Constantinople

Births

• Marcus Valerius Martialis, Latin epigrammatist

Deaths

• June 10 - Drusilla, sister of Caligula
• Saint Andrew, apostle
• Naevius Sutorius Macro, commander of the Roman Praetorian Guard