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238 in other calendars | |
Ethiopian calendar | 230/231 |
Buddhist calendar | 781/782 (southern Buddhism); 780/781 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 48th (49th) cycle , year of the earth-horse戊午 ( at the beginning of the year fire-snake 丁巳) |
Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 254th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3998/99 (September 26-27) |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita XMI (991) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 548/549 (turn of the year April); Syria: 549/550 (New Year October) |
Spanish era | 276 |
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 294/295 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Gordian_iii.jpg/170px-Gordian_iii.jpg)
Gordian III, Emperor 238 to 244
- The Roman emperors Maximinus Thrax , Gordian I. , Gordian II. , Pupienus , Balbinus and Gordian III. from each other. The six-year year under the soldier emperors is considered to be the first high point of the so-called imperial crisis of the 3rd century .
Culture and society
- After more than 20 years of interruption of use after a fire caused by lightning, the newly renovated Colosseum in Rome will reopen.
Died
- January 20 (uncertain): Gordian I , Roman emperor for a few days (* around 159 )
- January 20 (uncertain): Gordian II , Roman Emperor for a few days (* around 192 )
- April: Maximinus Thrax , first Roman soldier emperor (* 172/173)
- April: Maximus Caesar , Roman heir to the throne (* 216 )
- May: Balbinus , Roman Emperor
- July: Pupienus , Roman Emperor (* around 167 )
- Gongsun Yuan , Chinese warlord
- after 238: Licinius Rufinus , Roman lawyer and civil servant
Web links
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