page_title: 2nd century
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 2nd century / Events
caption_attribution_description: English: Hadrian's wall just east of Cawfields quarry, Northumberland in October 2005.
context_page_description: The 2nd century is the period from 101 to 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period.
  Early in the century, the Roman Empire attained its greatest expansion under the emperor Trajan, but after his death became primarily defensive for the rest of its history. Much prosperity took place throughout the empire at this time, ruled as it were by the Five Good Emperors, a succession of well-received and able rulers.
  This period also saw the removal of the Jews from Jerusalem during the reign of Hadrian after Bar Kokhba's revolt.
  The last quarter of the century saw the end of the period of peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana at the death of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, last of the "Five Good Emperors", and the ascension of Commodus.
context_section_description: AD 96 – 180: Five Good Emperors of Rome: Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius.
  100 - 200: The Grand Anicut an ancient dam is constructed by a Chola king.
  The Kingdom of Aksum emerges.
  101 – 102, 105 – 106: The Dacian Wars. After two conflicts, Dacia is annexed as a Roman province.
  114 – 116: A war with Parthia results in Armenia and Mesopotamia being temporarily annexed into the Roman Empire.
  115 – 117: Kitos War, adjunct to the Jewish–Roman wars.
  122 – 132: Hadrian's Wall is built across what is now Northern England.
  127 – 140: Kanishka, Kushan Ruler.
  132 – 135: Bar Kokhba's revolt against Rome.
  132: Chinese chronicles described the existence of diplomatic relations between Java and China.
  140 – 180: Huvishka, Kushan ruler.
  142 – 154: The Antonine Wall is built across what is now central Scotland.
  144: Marcion, rejected by Church of Rome, founds Marcionism.
  161 – 166: Roman–Parthian War of 161–166.
  165 – 180: The Antonine Plague in Rome.
  166 – 180: Marcomannic Wars.
  166 – 184: Disasters of the Partisan Prohibitions.
  180 – 192: Commodus, Roman Emperor.
  184 – 205: The Yellow Turban Rebellion of the Han Dynasty in China begins.
  184 – 189: The Liang Province Rebellion breakouts in Northwest China.
  189 – 220: The End of the Han dynasty.
  190 – 191: Warlords across China launches a Campaign against Dong Zhuo.
  193: Roman Year of the Five Emperors.
  193 – 211: Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor.
  Herakleitos makes The Unswept Floor, mosaic variant of a 2nd-century BC painting by Sosos of Pergamon. It is now kept at the Musei Vaticani, in Rome.
  c. 2nd or 3rd century – Standing Buddha, from Gandhara (Pakistan), is made. Kushan period. It is now kept at Lahore Museum, Lahore.
caption: Pieces of Hadrian's Wall remain near Greenhead and along the route, though large sections have been dismantled over the years to use the stones for various nearby construction projects.
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