AD 2
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 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 |
AD 2 (II) or 2 AD was a
medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era
became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Following the death of Lucius Caesar, Augustus allows his stepson Tiberius back into Rome as a private citizen, after six years of enforced retirement on Rhodes.[1]
- Gaius Caesar meets with Phraates V, the king of Parthia, on the Euphrates. Rather than invade the Parthians, Gaius Caesar concludes peace with them; Parthia recognizes Roman claims to Armenia.[2]
Africa
- Juba II of Mauretania joins Gaius Caesar in Armenia as a military advisor. It is during this period that he meets Glaphyra, a Cappadocian princess and the former wife of Alexandros of Judea, a brother of Herod Archelaus, ethnarch of Judea, and becomes enamoured with her.[3]
China
- Wang Mang begins a program of personal aggrandizement, restoring marquess titles to past imperial princes and introducing a pension system for retired officials. Restrictions are placed on the Emperor's mother, Consort Wei and members of the Wei Clan.[2]
- The first census is concluded in China after having begun the year before: final numbers show a population of nearly 60 million (59,594,978 people in slightly more than 12 million households). The census is one of the most accurate surveys in Chinese history.[2]
Births
Deaths
- August 20 – Lucius Caesar, son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (b. 17 BC)[5]
- Gaius Marcius Censorinus, Roman consul (approximate date)
See also
References
- ^ "Cassius Dio - Book 55". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-241-12887-9.
- ^ Roller, Duane W (2003). The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene. New York: Routledge.
- ^ Fan, Ye. Book of the Later Han. Vol. 16.
- ISBN 978-0-19-953756-3.
Sources
- Klingaman, William K. (1990). The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman. Harper-Collins. ISBN 978-0785822561.