438 BC
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Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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Gregorian calendar | 438 BC CDXXXVII BC |
Ab urbe condita | 316 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 88 |
- Pharaoh | Artaxerxes I of Persia, 28 |
Ancient Greek era | 85th Olympiad, year 3 |
Assyrian calendar | 4313 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1030 |
Berber calendar | 513 |
Buddhist calendar | 107 |
Burmese calendar | −1075 |
Byzantine calendar | 5071–5072 |
Chinese calendar | 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2259 or 2199 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2260 or 2200 |
Coptic calendar | −721 – −720 |
Discordian calendar | 729 |
Ethiopian calendar | −445 – −444 |
Hebrew calendar | 3323–3324 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −381 – −380 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2663–2664 |
Holocene calendar | 9563 |
Iranian calendar | 1059 BP – 1058 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1092 BH – 1091 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1896 |
Minguo calendar | 2349 before ROC 民前2349年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1905 |
Thai solar calendar | 105–106 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) −311 or −692 or −1464 — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) −310 or −691 or −1463 |
Year 438 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Mamercinus, Iullus and Cincinnatus (or, less frequently, year 316 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 438 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.
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Greece[]
- The Parthenon on the Acropolis at Athens is completed by Ictinus and Callicrates and is consecrated after 9 years of construction. It is dedicated at the Panathenaea (a festival held in honour of Athena every four years on the Acropolis).
- The colossal statue of the Athena Parthenos, which Phidias has made for the Parthenon, is completed and dedicated. It is made of gold and ivory and stands some 12 metres high.
- Telephus, a play by the renowned playwright Euripides, is produced in Athens. This tragedy did not survive to modern times.
Italy[]
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Literature[]
- The Greek playwright Euripides' play Alcestis is performed in the Dionysia, an Athenian dramatic festival.
Art[]
- Three seated Goddesses (possibly Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite), from the east pediment of the Parthenon, are made (finished in 432 BC). They are now kept at The British Museum in London.
- The Ionic frieze on the north side of the Parthenon, is created (finished in 432 BC). Parts of this frieze are now preserved in museums in Europe, including the Horsemen (at the British Museum, London), and the Marshals and Young Women (now at Musée du Louvre, Paris), which once formed part of the Procession on the frieze.
Births[]
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Deaths[]
- Cincinnatus, Roman politician, consul and dictator (b. 519 BC)[1]
References[]
- ^ "Cincinnatus". Oxford Reference. doi:10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095612752. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
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