AD 138
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| AD 138 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 138 CXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 891 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4888 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 59–60 |
| Bengali calendar | −455 |
| Berber calendar | 1088 |
| Buddhist calendar | 682 |
| Burmese calendar | −500 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5646–5647 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 2835 or 2628 — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 2836 or 2629 |
| Coptic calendar | −146 – −145 |
| Discordian calendar | 1304 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 130–131 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3898–3899 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 194–195 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 59–60 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3238–3239 |
| Holocene calendar | 10138 |
| Iranian calendar | 484 BP – 483 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 499 BH – 498 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 13–14 |
| Julian calendar | 138 CXXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 2471 |
| Minguo calendar | 1774 before ROC 民前1774年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1330 |
| Seleucid era | 449/450 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 680–681 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 264 or −117 or −889 — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 265 or −116 or −888 |
Year 138 (CXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- February 25—Emperor Hadrian makes Antoninus Pius his successor, on condition that he adopts Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
- July 10—Hadrian dies after a heart failure at Baiae, he is buried at Rome in the Gardens of Domitia beside his wife, Vibia Sabina.
- Antoninus Pius succeeds Hadrian as Roman Emperor and asks the Senate to confer divine honors for Hadrian.
- Construction begins on the Theater of Philadelphia (Amman).
- Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Italy, is finished.
Births
- Han Zhidi, emperor of the Han Dynasty (d. 146)