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

2 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

2 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2 II
Ab urbe condita	755
Assyrian calendar	4752
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	3103–3104
Holocene calendar	10002
Iranian calendar	620 BP – 619 BP
Islamic calendar	639 BH – 638 BH
Julian calendar	2 II
Korean calendar	2335
Minguo calendar	1910 before ROC 民前1910年
Seleucid era	313/314 AG
Thai solar calendar	544–545

Year 2 (II) was a common year starting on Sunday or Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Sunday of the proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vinicius and Varus (or, less frequently, year 755 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 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, Livia Drusilla persuades Augustus to allow her son Tiberius back into Rome as a private citizen, after six years in enforced retirement on Rhodes.
• Gaius Caesar meets with Phraates V, the king of Parthia on the Euphrates. Rather than invade, Gaius Caesar concludes peace with the Parthians—Parthia recognizes Roman claims to Armenia.
• Publius Alfenus Varus and Publius Vinicius become Roman Consuls.

Europe

• Cedeides becomes Archon of Athens.

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 of her.

Asia

• 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.
• 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.{{sfn|Klingaman| 1990| p=56}}
• The Chinese census shows nearly one million people living in Vietnam.

Births

• Deng Yu, Han Dynasty general and statesman (d. 58)

Deaths

• Lucius Caesar, son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, and heir to the throne (in Gaul) (b. 17 BC)

References

Sources

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