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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.

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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.

    • Arts and sciences

  • Phaedrus writes his popular collection of fables.

    • Religion

  • Stachys the Apostle becomes the second patriarch of Constantinople.

    • Births

  • Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus, deputy Roman emperor (d. AD 69)
  • Marcus Valerius Martialis, Latin epigrammatist (born sometime between this year and AD 41)

    • Deaths

  • June 10 – Julia Drusilla, sister of Caligula (b. AD 16)
  • Saint Andrew, apostle
  • Naevius Sutorius Macro, commander of the Roman Praetorian Guard (b. 21 BC)
  • Du Shi, Chinese engineer and statesman

    • References

    AD 38 Wikipedia
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