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 various calendars

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	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3035 or 2828     — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 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 before ROC 民前1574年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1130
Seleucid era	649/650 AG
Thai solar calendar	880–881
Tibetan calendar	阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 464 or 83 or −689     — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 465 or 84 or −688

King Shapur II the Great (r. 309–379)

Year 338 (CCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ursus and Polemius (or, less frequently, year 1091 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 338 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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• The Romans, allied with the Goths, arrive in the north of the Roman Empire to protect the Danube frontier.
• Emperor Constantius II intervenes against the Persians in Armenia.

Persia

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

Asia

• Tuoba Yihuai, ruler of the Tuoba Dai clan, dies and is succeeded by his brother Tuoba Shiyiqian.

By topic

Art

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

Religion

• Eusebius of Nicomedia becomes Patriarch of Constantinople, after Paul I is banished.
• Non-Christians are persecuted by the Roman Empire as pagans.

Births

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

Deaths

• Flavius Ablabius, Roman consul and politician
• Li Qi, Chinese emperor of Cheng Han (b. 314)
• Tuoba Yihuai, prince of the Tuoba Dai clan