2

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 
 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.Klingaman, William K., The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman, 1990, p 56 
 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)

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