438 BC

Centuries:	6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades:	460s BC 450s BC 440s BC - 430s BC - 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC
Years:	441 BC 440 BC 439 BC - 438 BC - 437 BC 436 BC 435 BC

438 BC by topic
Politics
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**438 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	438 BC
Ab urbe condita	316
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2281 – -2280
Buddhist calendar	107
Chinese calendar	2199/2259 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年) — to — 2200/2260 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年)
Ethiopian calendar	-445 – -444
Hebrew calendar	3323 – 3324
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-382 – -381
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2664 – 2665
Holocene calendar	9563
Iranian calendar	1059 BP – 1058 BP
Islamic calendar	1092 BH – 1091 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 223 (皇紀223年)
- Jōmon Era	9563
Julian calendar	-392
Korean calendar	1896
Thai solar calendar	106
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[edit] Events

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.

The Greek playwright Euripides' play Alcestis is performed in the Dionysia, an Athenian dramatic festival.

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 Musee du Louvre, Paris), which once formed part of the Procession on the frieze.