38

The year 38 AD.

Events

 * Apion heads a deputation to Roman Emperor Caligula to complain about the Jews in Alexandria.
 * Anti-Jewish riot breaks out in Alexandria during a visit by Herod Agrippa I: the mob wants to place statues of Caligula in every synagogue. The Jews consider this to be a form of idolatry.
 * Stachys the Apostle (one of the 70) becomes the second patriarch of Constantinople, following the apostle Andrew (one of the 12).

Deaths

 * Saint Andrew, apostle