What is 238?
{{Year nav|238}} [[File:Gordian I Musei Capitolini MC475.jpg|thumb|Emperor [[Gordian I]]]] __NOTOC__ Year '''238''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXXXVIII]]''') was a [[common year]] starting on Monday of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * Emperor [[Maximinus Thrax]] battles against the [[Carpi (people)|Carpians]] on the [[Danube]] in [[Moesia]] ([[Balkans]]). * [[March 7]] &ndash; Romans in [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]] go against Maximinus and elect [[Gordian I|Marcus Antonius Gordianus (Africanus)]] as emperor. * [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Battle of Carthage (238)|Battle of Carthage]]: [[Numidia]]n forces loyal to Maximinus invade Africa. Gordian II is killed. Gordian I commits [[suicide]]. * [[April 22]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; The [[Praetorian Guard]] kill Pupienus and Balbinus. On the same day [[Gordian III]], age 13, is made new emperor. * Future [[Roman Emperor]] [[Valerian (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]]. ==== Asia ==== * The [[Cao Wei]] general [[Sima Yi]] destroys the northeastern Chinese warlord [[Gongsun Yuan]]. == Births == * [[Empress Yang Yan]], first wife of [[Emperor Wu of Jin|Emperor Wu]] (d. [[274]]) * [[Wen Yang (Three Kingdoms)|Wen Yang]], general of the [[Cao Wei|Kingdom of Wei]] (d. [[291]]) == Deaths == * [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Roman emperors]] [[Gordian I]] ([[suicide]]) and [[Gordian II]] (killed in battle) * [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Maximinus Thrax]], Roman Emperor (b. [[173]]) * [[Gaius Julius Verus Maximus|Maximinus the Younger]], Roman Emperor * [[July 29]] &ndash; [[Pupienus and Balbinus]], Roman Emperors * [[Gongsun Yuan]], warl