Category: 2nd Century
The Second Century CE, i.e. 101 to 200
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. (1)
Significant people
- Trajan (Roman Emperor),
- Hadrian (Roman Emperor),
- Dr Abascantus (Doctor),
- Marcus Aurelius (Roman Emperor),
- 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),
- Ignatius (third bishop of Antioch, author of letters),
- Irenaeus (second bishop of Lyon, author of Against the Heresies),
- Juvenal (Roman satirical poet),
- Montanus (Christian heretic),
- Pliny the Younger,
- Plutarch (Greek historian),
- Polycarp (bishop of Smyrna),
- Ptolemy (Greek astronomer, astrologer and geographer),
- Septimius Severus (Roman Emperor),
- Suetonius (Roman historian),
- Valentinius (Gnostic philosopher),
- Victor I (bishop of Rome),
Person Profiles (13)
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