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Calendar year

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

338 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths v t e

338 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 338 CCCXXXVIII Ab urbe condita 1091 Assyrian calendar 5088 Balinese saka calendar 259–260 Bengali calendar −256 – −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 མེ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Fire-Bird) 464 or 83 or −689 — to — ས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dog) 465 or 84 or −688

King [Shapur II the Great](/source/Shapur_II) (r. 309–379)

Year **338** (**[CCCXXXVIII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Sunday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Sunday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/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](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 338 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Roman Empire

- The Romans, allied with the [Goths](/source/Goths), arrive in the north of the [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire) to protect the [Danube](/source/Danube) frontier.

- Emperor [Constantius II](/source/Constantius_II) intervenes against the [Persians](/source/Persian_people) in [Armenia](/source/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)).

#### Persia

- [Shapur II](/source/Shapur_II), king of the [Persian Empire](/source/Sassanid_Empire), begins a widespread persecution of [Christians](/source/Christians). He orders forcible conversions to the state religion, [Zoroastrianism](/source/Zoroastrianism), lest the Christians disrupt his realm while he is away fighting the Romans in [Armenia](/source/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)) and [Mesopotamia](/source/Mesopotamia_(Roman_province)).

#### Asia

- [Tuoba Yihuai](/source/Tuoba_Yihuai), ruler of the [Tuoba](/source/Tuoba) [Dai](/source/Dai_(Sixteen_Kingdoms)) clan, dies and is succeeded by his brother [Tuoba Shiyiqian](/source/Tuoba_Shiyijian).

### By topic

#### Art

- The [Church of Santa Costanza](/source/Santa_Costanza), [Rome](/source/Roman_Italy), starts to be built (approximate date).

#### Religion

- [Eusebius of Nicomedia](/source/Eusebius_of_Nicomedia) becomes [Patriarch of Constantinople](/source/List_of_patriarchs_of_Constantinople), after [Paul I](/source/Paul_I_of_Constantinople) is banished.

- Non-Christians are persecuted by the [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire) as [pagans](/source/Paganism).

## Births

- [Isaac the Great](/source/Isaac_of_Armenia), Armenian catholicos (d. [439](/source/439))

## Deaths

- [Flavius Ablabius](/source/Ablabius_(consul)), Roman consul and politician[1]

- [Li Qi](/source/Li_Qi_(emperor)), Chinese emperor of [Cheng Han](/source/Cheng_Han) (b. [314](/source/314))

- [Tuoba Yihuai](/source/Tuoba_Yihuai), prince of the [Tuoba](/source/Tuoba) [Dai](/source/Dai_(Sixteen_Kingdoms)) clan

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Garnsey, Peter; Cameron, Averil (1928). [*The Cambridge Ancient History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=zSTcZAyKJNAC&pg=PA4). Cambridge University Press. p. 4. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-521-30200-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-30200-5). {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#invalid_isbn_date))

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