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2nd century

Published on Thursday, September 7th 2006

Millennium: 1st millennium

Centuries: 1st century 2nd century 3rd century

Decades: 100s 110s 120s 130s 140s
150s 160s 170s 180s 190s

Categories: Births – Deaths
Establishments – Disestablishments

Eastern Hemisphere at the beginning of the 1st century AD.

Eastern Hemisphere at the beginning of the 1st century AD.

Eastern Hemisphere at the end of the 1st century AD.

Eastern Hemisphere at the end of the 1st century AD.

The 2nd century is the period from 101 to 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. 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 just 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 accession of his ineffective and deranged son Commodus.

Although the Han Dynasty of China was firmly cemented into power and extended its imperial influence into Central Asia during the first half of the century, by the second half there was widespread corruption and open rebellion. This set in motion its ultimate decline, until it was overthrown in 220.

Events

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.

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.

Significant persons

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Decades and years

Decades and years

2nd century
1st century BC<-[1st century][3]<- ↔ ->3rd century–>4th century

90s 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

100s 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109

110s 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119

120s 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129

130s 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139

140s 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149

150s 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159

160s 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169

170s 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179

180s 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189

190s 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199

200s 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209

Centuries and millennia

Millennium Century

BC

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3rd 30th 29th 28th 27th 26th 25th 24th 23rd 22nd 21st

2nd 20th 19th 18th 17th 16th 15th 14th 13th 12th 11th

1st 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st

AD

1st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

2nd 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th

3rd 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th

4th 31st

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