38 BC

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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38 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar38 BC
XXXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita716
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 286
- PharaohCleopatra VII, 14
Ancient Greek era185th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar4713
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−630
Berber calendar913
Buddhist calendar507
Burmese calendar−675
Byzantine calendar5471–5472
Chinese calendar壬午年 (Water Horse)
2660 or 2453
    — to —
癸未年 (Water Goat)
2661 or 2454
Coptic calendar−321 – −320
Discordian calendar1129
Ethiopian calendar−45 – −44
Hebrew calendar3723–3724
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat19–20
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga3063–3064
Holocene calendar9963
Iranian calendar659 BP – 658 BP
Islamic calendar679 BH – 678 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendar38 BC
XXXVIII BC
Korean calendar2296
Minguo calendar1949 before ROC
民前1949年
Nanakshahi calendar−1505
Seleucid era274/275 AG
Thai solar calendar505–506
Tibetan calendar阳水马年
(male Water-Horse)
89 or −292 or −1064
    — to —
阴水羊年
(female Water-Goat)
90 or −291 or −1063

Year 38 BC was either a common year starting on Sunday or Monday or a leap year starting on Saturday, Sunday or Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Sunday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pulcher and Flaccus (or, less frequently, year 716 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 38 BC 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. It was also the first year (year 1) of the Spanish era calendar in use in Hispania until the 15th century.