AD 2

This article is about the year AD 2. For other uses, see AD 2 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	10s BC 0s BC 0s 10s 20s
Years:	2 BC 1 BC AD 1 AD 2 AD 3 AD 4 AD 5

AD 2 in various calendars

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

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.

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

• Deng Yu, Chinese general and statesman (d. AD 58)^[4]

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

• Ab urbe condita

References

1. "Cassius Dio - Book 55". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
2. Klingaman, William K. (1991). The first century : emperors, gods and everyman. Internet Archive. London : Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 978-0-241-12887-9.
3. Roller, Duane W (2003). The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene. New York: Routledge.
4. Fan, Ye. Book of the Later Han. Vol. 16.
5. Suetonius (2000). Lives of the Caesars. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-953756-3.

Sources

• Klingaman, William K. (1990). The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman. Harper-Collins. ISBN 978-0785822561.