38

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

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, between 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