338

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century 4th century 5th century
Decades:	310s 320s 330s 340s 350s
Years:	335 336 337 338 339 340 341

338 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	338 CCCXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1091
Assyrian calendar	5088
Balinese saka calendar	259–260
Bengali calendar	−255
Berber calendar	1288
Buddhist calendar	882
Burmese calendar	−300
Byzantine calendar	5846–5847
Chinese calendar	Đinh dậuNiên (FireRooster) 3035 or 2828 — to — Mậu tuất niên (EarthDog) 3036 or 2829
Coptic calendar	54–55
Discordian calendar	1504
Ethiopian calendar	330–331
Hebrew calendar	4098–4099
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	394–395
-Shaka Samvat	259–260
-Kali Yuga	3438–3439
Holocene calendar	10338
Iranian calendar	284 BP – 283 BP
Islamic calendar	293 BH – 292 BH
Javanese calendar	219–220
Julian calendar	338 CCCXXXVIII
Korean calendar	2671
Minguo calendar	1574 beforeROC Dân tiền 1574 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−1130
Seleucid era	649/650AG
Thai solar calendar	880–881
Tibetan calendar	Âm hỏa kê niên (female Fire-Rooster) 464 or 83 or −689 — to — Dương thổ cẩu niên (male Earth-Dog) 465 or 84 or −688

KingShapur II the Great(r. 309–379)

Year338(CCCXXXVIII) was acommon year starting on Sunday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Ursus and Polemius(or, less frequently,year 1091Ab urbe condita). The denomination 338 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• The Romans, allied with theGoths,arrive in the north of theRoman Empireto protect theDanubefrontier.
• EmperorConstantius IIintervenes against thePersiansinArmenia.

Persia

• Shapur II,king of thePersian Empire,begins a widespread persecution ofChristians.He orders forcible conversions to the state religion,Zoroastrianism,lest the Christians disrupt his realm while he is away fighting the Romans inArmeniaandMesopotamia.

Asia

• Tuoba Yihuai,ruler of theTuobaDaiclan, dies and is succeeded by his brotherTuoba Shiyiqian.

By topic

Art

• TheChurch of Santa Costanza,Rome,starts to be built (approximate date).

Religion

• Eusebius of NicomediabecomesPatriarch of Constantinople,afterPaul Iis banished.
• Non-Christians are persecuted by theRoman Empireaspagans.

Births

• Isaac the Great,Armenian catholicos (d.439)

Deaths

• Flavius Ablabius,Roman consul and politician
• Li Qi,Chinese emperor ofCheng Han(b.314)
• Tuoba Yihuai,prince of theTuobaDaiclan