In the year 4037, which was 589 according to the Seleucid era, Pappos ben Polemos destroyed the great study hall of Shmuel. So writes Sefer Keritot [(Shir HaShirim, folio 35, section 2)]. At that same time, Rav Chanina from Nehardia was appointed, and in the year 590 according to the Seleucid era, which is the year 4038 [(see above, year 3990)].