What is 2?
{{about|the year 2 AD|other uses}} {{year nav|2}} {{Year in other calendars}} The year '''2''' ('''[[Roman numerals|II]]''') was a [[common year]] that [[common year starting on Sunday|started on Sunday]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.calendarhome.com/cgi-bin/tycyear.pl?year=2&change=1&suppresshol= |title=CalendarHome.com - 2 |first= |last= |work=calendarhome.com |year=2011|accessdate=August 4, 2011}}</ref> according to the [[Julian calendar]]. According to the [[Gregorian calendar]], it started on a [[common year starting on Tuesday|Tuesday]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=year+2 |title=year 2 - Wolfram&#124;Alpha |first= |last= |work=wolframalpha.com |year=2011|accessdate=August 4, 2011}}</ref> At the time, it was known as the ''Year of the [[Roman consul|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 Julius Caesar Vipsanianus|Gaius Caesar]] meets with [[Phraates V]], the king of [[Parthia]] on the [[Euphrates]]. * [[Alfenus Varus|Publius Alfenus Varus]] and [[Publius Vinicius]] become [[Roman Consul]]s. === 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 [[household]]s). The census is one of the most accurate surveys in Chinese history.<ref name=wak1>Klingaman, William K., ''The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman'',