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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Ancient Olympiads' not found. 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]
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC – 0s – 10s 20s 30s |
| Years: | 2 BC 1 BC 1 AD – 2 AD – 3 AD 4 AD 5 AD |
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
Roman Empire
- 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
- 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
- Juba II of Mauretania joins Gaius Caesar in Armenia as a military advisor.
Asia
- 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
- Apollonius of Tyana (d. 98)
- Deng Yu, Han Dynasty general and statesman (d. 58)
Deaths
- Lucius Caesar, son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder. He was also the heir to the throne in Gaul. (b. 17 BC)
2 Media
- Evolutionglyph
"256" in text figures with baseline and x-height line
A simple Venn diagram, featuring a Vesica piscis as the common area between two circles (of same r through each other's centers), and useful in defining elementary set operations such as union, intersection (here), and complement between sets, with respect to their universal set.
References
- ↑ "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