2

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

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 AD 1 – AD 2 – AD 3 AD 4 AD 5

AD 2 in other 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) 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	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	ལྕགས་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Iron-Bird) 128 or −253 or −1025     — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Water-Dog) 129 or −252 or −1024

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)