AD 2 (II) or 2 AD was a common year starting on Sunday or Monday (the link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Sunday of the proleptic Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vinicius and Varus, named after Roman consuls Publius Vinicius and Alfenus Varus, and less frequently, as year 755 AUC (ab urbe condita) within the Roman Empire. The denomination "AD 2" for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| 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) 2699 or 2492 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2700 or 2493 |
| 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 |
Events
editBy place
editRoman Empire
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
editDeaths
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Cassius Dio - Book 55". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ a b c Klingaman, William K. (1991). The first century : emperors, gods and everyman. Internet Archive. London : Hamish Hamilton. 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.
- ^ Suetonius (2000). Lives of the Caesars. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-953756-3.
Sources
edit- Klingaman, William K. (1990). The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman. Harper-Collins. ISBN 978-0785822561.