The Years and Events

[A Can of Man]

Thought I might start a thread about years and events. Naturally we start with the year 1 (according to the Christian Calendar since that's what we normally use).

The year 1 on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1

Lots of events during the year 1. One event is missing in the entry. What could that be?

 

[The Other Guy]

Actually, that event happened in the year 1 BC, according to Dionysius.

 

[A Can of Man]

Ain't in 1BC on Wiki. Didn't I tell you it's unreliable?
It's on the part "religion" not "births."
Come on, people question his divinity but I don't think the guy made up his D.O.B.

 

[A Can of Man]

The Year 2 AD
(Source Wikipedia)



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

Events


By place


Roman Empire

• Following 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 aggrandizement, 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 concluded in China after having begun the year before: final numbers show a population of nearly 60 million (59,594,978 people in slightly more than 12 million households). The census is one of the most accurate surveys in Chinese history.[1]
• The Chinese census shows nearly one million people living in Vietnam.

Births

• 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 (in Gaul) (b. 17 BC)