238

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	200s 210s 220s – 230s – 240s 250s 260s
Years:	235 236 237 – 238 – 239 240 241

Year 238 (CCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

Emperor Maximinus Thrax battles against the Carpians on the Danube in Moesia (Balkans).
March 7 – Romans in Africa go against Maximinus and elect Marcus Antonius Gordianus (Africanus) as emperor.
April 12 – Battle of Carthage: Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus invade Africa. Gordian II is killed. Gordian I commits suicide.
April 22 – Year of the Six Emperors: The Senate outlaws Maximinus. Pupienus and Balbinus go to the throne.
Maximinus gets to the town Aquileia in northern Italy. His army has famine and disease.
July 29 – The Praetorian Guard kill Pupienus and Balbinus. On the same day Gordian III, age 13, is made new emperor.
Future Roman Emperor Valerian becomes princeps senatus.
The Colosseum is restored after being damaged.
The Goths, coming from Ukraine, cross the Danube and ruin the Roman Empire up to the border with Anatolia.

The Cao Wei general Sima Yi destroys the northeastern Chinese warlord Gongsun Yuan.