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2nd century

2007 Concise Encyclopedia. Related subjects: General history

Centuries: 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century
Decades: 100s 110s 120s 130s 140s 150s 160s 170s 180s 190s

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

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.
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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.
  • 96–180: Five Good Emperors of Rome: Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius
  • 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
  • Montanus, Christian heretic
  • Nagarjuna, founder of Madhyamaka Buddhism
  • Pliny the Younger
  • Plutarch, Roman historian
  • Ptolemy, Greek astronomer
  • Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor
  • 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.
  • 132: Zhang Heng invents first seismometer

Decades and years

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
Millennium Century
4th BC: 40th BC 39th BC 38th BC 37th BC 36th BC 35th BC 34th BC 33rd BC 32nd BC 31st BC
3rd BC: 30th BC 29th BC 28th BC 27th BC 26th BC 25th BC 24th BC 23rd BC 22nd BC 21st BC
2nd BC: 20th BC 19th BC 18th BC 17th BC 16th BC 15th BC 14th BC 13th BC 12th BC 11th BC
1st BC: 10th BC 9th BC 8th BC 7th BC 6th BC 5th BC 4th BC 3rd BC 2nd BC 1st BC
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 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th
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Selected Articles
2nd Century Communications Signs Interconnection Agreement with Sprint-Florida.
...BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1999-- 2nd Century Communications, a second-generation...with Sprint-Florida that allows 2nd Century to provide facilities-based local...agreement, signed on July 21, enables 2nd Century to move forward with its Central...
August 25, 1999; Business Wire

VINA TECHNOLOGIES: 2nd Century Communications selects VINA Technologies' Multiservice Xchange.
...January 1999-VINA TECHNOLOGIES: 2nd Century Communications selects VINA Technologies...provide customer access equipment for 2nd century's network TAMPA, Fla. and FREMONT, Calif., January 25, 1999 -- 2nd Century Communications, a second-generation...
January 27, 1999; M2 Presswire

Networks Wins Major Order From 2nd Century Communications for Deployment of First National ATM-Based Local Exchange Carrier Network.
...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 1999-- 2nd Century Will Use Convergent's ATM Core...the company has been chosen by 2nd Century Communications, a second-generation...provide the core switch component for 2nd Century's nationwide local exchange network...
May 24, 1999; Business Wire

Signs Interconnection Agreement for Entire BellSouth Region; Agreement Enables Aggressive Expansion in the Southeast.
...BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1999-- 2nd Century Communications, a second-generation...agreement with BellSouth that allows 2nd Century to provide facilities-based local...signed on June 16, 1999, enables 2nd Century to move forward building its 50...
July 20, 1999; Business Wire

2nd Century Receives $75 Million in Investments From Dell, Intel, Microsoft and Top Venture Firms; Private Financing Round Brings 20-Month Total to $155 Million.
...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000 2nd Century Communications, an open network...Meritech Capital Partners brings 2nd Century's total funding to $155 million in 20 months. 2nd Century currently has a presence in 21...
May 15, 2000; Business Wire

Bell Atlantic Awards Milestone Certification to 2nd Century's Network Which Utilizes PathMinder Softswitch from TeraBridge.
...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2000 2nd Century Softswitch Architecture Named SS7 ISUP Compatible 2nd Century Communications, an open network...networks, today announced that 2nd Century received Signaling System 7 (SS7...
May 31, 2000; Business Wire

inesses.
...VINA to Provide Customer Access Equipment for 2nd Century's Network 2nd Century Communications, a second-generation competitive...a communications server at the customer edge of 2nd Century's ATM-based local exchange network. Although financial...
January 25, 1999; Business Wire

2nd Century Signs Agreement with Lucent Technologies NetCare for Nationwide, End-to-End Services.
...BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 1999-- 2nd Century Communications, a second generation...exchange network. Under this agreement 2nd Century's customers, switch sites and sales...a-day basis, said John Prisco, 2nd Century's president and CEO. The NetCare...
October 18, 1999; Business Wire

2nd Century Communications Appoints President of the Western Region.
...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2000 2nd Century Communications, an open network...report directly to Diane Gongaware, 2nd Century's senior vice president of sales...and driving the channel to sell 2nd Century's comprehensive package of business...
May 24, 2000; Business Wire

2nd Century Communications Launches Your Business Center; Online Resource Provides Tools for Small and Medium Businesses to Learn, Shop and Work.
...BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2000 2nd Century Communications, an open network...Freeworks.com. Since its inception, 2nd Century has always been an advocate of...the Internet, said John Prisco, 2nd Century's president and CEO. Now customers...
July 19, 2000; Business Wire



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