2 Facts for Kids

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

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

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) 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	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

The year 2 (II) was a common year that started on Sunday, according to the Julian calendar. According to the Gregorian calendar, it started on a Tuesday.

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

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.

Cedeides becomes Archon of Athens.
Using Roman military support, Artavasdes III, son of Ariobarzanes II, king of Media Atropatene, becomes the king of Armenia.

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.
The Chinese census shows nearly one million people living in Vietnam.

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