2
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
Decades: | 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC – 0s – 10s 20s 30s |
Years: | 2 BC 1 BC AD 1 – AD 2 – AD 3 AD 4 AD 5 |
Gregorian calendar | AD 2 II |
Ab urbe condita | 755 |
Assyrian calendar | 4752 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −591 |
Berber calendar | 952 |
Buddhist calendar | 546 |
Burmese calendar | −636 |
Byzantine calendar | 5510–5511 |
Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2698 or 2638 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2699 or 2639 |
Coptic calendar | −282 – −281 |
Discordian calendar | 1168 |
Ethiopian calendar | −6 – −5 |
Hebrew calendar | 3762–3763 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 58–59 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3102–3103 |
Holocene calendar | 10002 |
Iranian calendar | 620 BP – 619 BP |
Islamic calendar | 639 BH – 638 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | AD 2 II |
Korean calendar | 2335 |
Minguo calendar | 1910 before ROC 民前1910年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1466 |
Seleucid era | 313/314 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 544–545 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 128 or −253 or −1025 — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 129 or −252 or −1024 |
The year 2 (II) was a common year that started on Sunday,[1] according to the Julian calendar. According to the Gregorian calendar, it started on a Tuesday.[2]
At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vinicius and Varus. It was the 2nd year of the 1st century.
Events[change | change source]
Roman Empire[change | change source]
- Following the death of Lucius Caesar, Livia Drusilla convinced Augustus to allow her son Tiberius back into Rome as a private citizen. This was after six years in enforced retirement on Rhodes.
- Gaius Caesar meets with Phraates V, the king of Parthia on the Euphrates.
- Publius Alfenus Varus and Publius Vinicius become Roman Consuls.
Europe[change | change source]
- Cedeides becomes Archon of Athens.
- Using Roman military support, Artavasdes III, son of Ariobarzanes II, king of Media Atropatene, becomes the king of Armenia.
Africa[change | change source]
- Juba II of Mauretania joins Gaius Caesar in Armenia as a military advisor.
Asia[change | change source]
- The first census is concluded in China. The census has begun the year before. Final numbers show a population of nearly 60 million (59,594,978 people in a bit more than 12 million households). The census is one of the most accurate surveys in Chinese history.[3]
- The Chinese census shows nearly one million people living in Vietnam.
Births[change | change source]
- Apollonius of Tyana (d. 98)
- Deng Yu, Han Dynasty general and statesman (d. 58)
Deaths[change | change source]
- Lucius Caesar, son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder. He was also the heir to the throne in Gaul. (b. 17 BC)
References[change | change source]
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- ↑ "CalendarHome.com - 2". calendarhome.com. 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
- ↑ "year 2 - Wolfram|Alpha". wolframalpha.com. 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
- ↑ Klingaman, William K., The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman, 1990, p 56