38

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

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

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