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The 2nd century is the period from 101 - 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era.

Events

The kingdom of Aksum emerges

120-150: Bulgars migrate to Europe

122–132: Hadrian's Wall across Britain

132–135: Bar Kokhba's revolt against Rome

144: Marcion, rejected by Church of Rome, founds Marcionism

167-175: First Marcomanni War

178-180: Second Marcomanni War (depicted in the movie ''Gladiator'')

Significant persons

Rabbi Akiva Head of all the Jewish Sages

Rabbi Yehuda haNasi Prince of the Jewish people

Commodus, Roman Emperor, claimed to be Hercules reincarnated

Galen, medical writer

Irenaeus, 2nd Bishop of Lyons

Nagarjuna, founder of Madhyamaka Buddhism

Plutarch, Roman historian

Ptolemy, Greek astronomer

Suetonius, Roman historian

Valentinius, most famous Christian Gnostic

Zhang Daoling, Taoist hermit, ascended to heaven

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Cai Lun invents paper (c. 105)

Ptolemy compiles a catalogue of all stars visible to the naked eye.

Decades and years

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