2

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Year '2' was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents

Events

By place

Roman Empire

Europe

Africa

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Roman Empire

★ Following upon 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

★ Using Roman military support, Artavasdes III, son of Ariobarzanes II, King of Media Atropatene, becomes the king of Armenia (to 4).

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 falls for her.

Asia

★ Wang Mang begins a program of personal aggrandization, 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 taken in China; final numbers show a population of 58 million.

★ 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, and heir to the throne, dies in Gaul. (b. 17 BC)