38

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Year '38' was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents

Events

By place

Roman Empire

By topic

Arts and Sciences

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Roman Empire

★ Probable year of the marriage of Claudius and Messalina.

★ Apion heads a deputation to Caligula to complain about the Jews in Alexandria.

★ Anti-Jewish riot breaks out in Alexandria during a visit by Agrippa I: the mob wants to place statues of Caligula in every synagogue.

By topic

Arts and Sciences

★ Phaedrus writes his popular collection of fables.

Religion

★ Stachys the Apostle becomes the second patriarch of Constantinople.

Births

★ Marcus Valerius Martialis, Latin epigrammatist, was born in one of the years AD 38–41.

Deaths

★ June 10 — Drusilla, sister of Caligula

★ Saint Andrew, apostle

★ Naevius Sutorius Macro, commander of the Roman Praetorian Guard

★ Du Shi, Chinese engineer and statesman