2nd century
- 2nd century
The 2nd century is the period from
101 to200 in accordance with theJulian calendar in the Christian/Common 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 emperorTrajan , 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 theFive Good Emperors , a succession of just and able rulers.This period also saw the removal of theJew s fromJerusalem during the reign ofHadrian afterBar Kokhba's revolt .The last quarter of the century saw the end of the period of peace and prosperity known as thePax Romana at the death of the emperorMarcus Aurelius , last of the "Five Good Emperors ", and the accession of his ineffective and deranged sonCommodus .Although the
Han Dynasty ofChina was firmly cemented into power and extended its imperial influence intoCentral 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
* 96–180:
Five Good Emperors of Rome:Nerva ,Trajan ,Hadrian ,Antoninus Pius ,Marcus Aurelius
* The kingdom ofAksum emerges
* 122–132:Hadrian's Wall across Britain
* 132–135:Bar Kokhba's revolt against Rome
* 144:Marcion , rejected by Church of Rome, foundsMarcionism
* 167–175: FirstMarcomanni War
* 178–180: Second Marcomanni War (depicted in the movie "Gladiator")
* 184–205: theYellow Turban Rebellion of theHan Dynasty in China beginsignificant persons
*
Rabbi Akiva Head of all the Jewish Sages
* Rabbi Yehuda haNasi Prince of the Jewish people
*Commodus , Roman Emperor, claimed to beHercules reincarnated
*Galen , medical writer
*Irenaeus , secondbishop of Lyon
*Juvenal Roman satirical poet
*Montanus , Christian heretic
*Nagarjuna , founder ofMadhyamaka Buddhism
*Pliny the Younger
*Plutarch , Greek historian
*Ptolemy , Greek astronomer, astrologer and geographer
*Septimius Severus , Roman Emperor
*Suetonius , Roman historian
*Valentinius , most famous ChristianGnostic
*Zhang Daoling , ChineseTaoist hermit
*Zhang Heng , Chinese statesman, poet, inventor, astronomer, geographer, and engineerInventions, discoveries, introductions
*
Cai Lun of China invents paper (c. 105)
*Ptolemy compiles a catalogue of allstar s visible to the naked eye. He also compiles three of the most influential books in western history: :*theAlmagest which becomes the basis for western and Middle Eastern astronomy until the time of Copernicus and Kepler;:*the astrological treatise,Tetrabiblos ;:*and the Geographia
*125 :Zhang Heng of China invents the world's first water-poweredarmillary sphere
*132 :Zhang Heng of China invents firstseismometer to detect thecardinal direction ofearthquake sDecades and years
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