Century · 101 – 200
The world in the 2nd century
From 101 to 200 the atlas holds 102 states standing at some time, 11 of them founded in it - Huns and Burgundians the best known - and 5 ending in it. 31 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Bar Kokhba Revolt, Antonine Plague and Yellow Turban Rebellion the best known of the events; 130 people were born.
A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 101 to 200, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.
What began in the 2nd century
By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.
Wars and battles 23
- Year of the Five Emperors · war · 193
- Marcomannic Wars · war · 166 – 180
- Trajan's Dacian Wars · war · 101 – 106
- Battle of Guandu · battle · 200
- Battle of Lugdunum · battle · 197
- Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 · war · 161 – 166
- Battle of Issus · battle · 194
- Third Battle of Tapae · battle · 101
and 15 more in the atlas.
Unrest and atrocity 4
- Bar Kokhba Revolt · unrest · 132 – 136
- Yellow Turban Rebellion · unrest · 184 – 205
- Diaspora Revolt · unrest · 115 – 117
- Liang Province rebellion · unrest · 184 – 189
Famine and plague 1
- Antonine Plague · plague · 165 – 180
Natural disasters 2
- 115 Antioch earthquake · disaster · 115
- Hatepe eruption · disaster · 180
Works and ideas 1
- Messier 7 · discovery · 130
States founded and fallen
Founded 11
- Huns · state · 106 – 673
- Burgundians · state · 154 – 409
- Champa · state · 192 – 1832
- Eastern Wu · state · 198 – 280
- Kucha · state · 111 – 648
- Osraige · state · 150 – 1185
- Protectorate of the Western Regions · state · 117 – 601
- United Provinces of New Granada · state · 181 – 1816
- Kingdom of Hatra · state · 200 – 241
- Norse · state · 161 – 499
- History of Kedah · state · 200 – 1136
Ended 5
- Dacia · state · 60 BCE – 106 CE
- Nabataeans · state · 164 BCE – 105 CE
- Salamis · state · 1101 BCE – 117 CE
- Nabataean Kingdom · state · 401 BCE – 106 CE
- Qataban · state · 801 BCE – 150 CE
Born in the 2nd century
The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.
- Marcus Aurelius · monarch · 121 – 180
- Galen · physician · 200 – 300
- Nagarjuna · philosopher · 150 – 250
- Lucian of Samosata · philosopher · 120 – 192
- Apuleius · physician · 101 – 170
- Tertullian · philosopher · 160 – 230
- Septimius Severus · politician · 146 – 211
- Caracalla · monarch · 188 – 217
- Commodus · ruler · 161 – 192
- Origen · philosopher · 184 – 254
- Diophantus of Alexandria · mathematician · 200 – 284
- Didius Julianus · politician · 133 – 193
- Macrinus · politician · 165 – 218
- Irenaeus · bishop · 130 – 202
- Pertinax · politician · 126 – 193
- Cassius Dio · politician · 150 – 235
- Lucius Verus · politician · 130 – 169
- Valerian · politician · 199 – 260
- Maximinus Thrax · politician · 173 – 238
- Cao Cao · military leader · 155 – 220
- Gordian I · military personnel · 159 – 238
- Ardashir I · politician · 180 – 242
- Geta · ruler · 189 – 211
- Pausanias · writer · 110 – 180
and 106 more in the atlas.
States of the 2nd century
Every state that stood at some time in the 2nd century, by region, the best known first.
Europe15 states
- Roman Empire · 27 BCE – 395 CE
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE
- Huns · 106 – 673
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Sarmatians · 200 BCE – 370 CE
- Burgundians · 154 – 409
- Dacia · 60 BCE – 106 CE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE
- Lazica · 101 BCE – 700 CE
- Catuvellauni · 101 BCE – 500 CE
- Osraige · 150 – 1185
and 3 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa28 states
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Parthian Empire · 247 BCE – 224 CE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE
- Ghana Empire · 100 – 1200
- Kingdom of Iberia · 299 BCE – 580 CE
- Kingdom of Kush · 2180 BCE – 350 CE
- Caucasian Albania · 2 BCE – 461 CE
- Kingdom of Armenia · 553 BCE – 428 CE
- Atropatene · 323 BCE – 226 CE
- Nabataeans · 164 BCE – 105 CE
and 16 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia20 states
- Kushan Empire · 30 – 375
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Indo-Scythian Kingdom · 200 BCE – 400 CE
- Satavahana dynasty · 230 BCE – 220 CE
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Indo-Parthian kingdom · 19 BCE – 226 CE
- Kingdom of Khotan · 56 – 1006
- Wusun · 170 BCE – 450 CE
- Kucha · 111 – 648
- Western Satraps · 35 – 405
- Zhangzhung · 501 BCE – 625 CE
and 8 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia22 states
- Han dynasty · 206 BCE – 220 CE
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Silla · 57 BCE – 892 CE
- Goguryeo · 37 BCE – 668 CE
- Champa · 192 – 1832
- Paekche · 18 BCE – 660 CE
- Eastern Wu · 198 – 280
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Kaya confederacy · 42 – 562
- Kingdom of Funan · 68 – 550
- Chinese Empire · 220 BCE – 1912 CE
and 10 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania4 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Teotihuacan · 50 BCE – 704 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
- United Provinces of New Granada · 181 – 1816
Location unknown13 states
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- Geumgwan Gaya · 43 – 532
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Daegaya · 42 – 562
- Shanshan · 92 BCE – 445 CE
- Kingdom of Munster · 101 BCE – 1138 CE
- Arsacid dynasty of Caucasian Albania · 2 BCE – 428 CE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
- Jushi Kingdom · 108 BCE – 450 CE
- Dangchang Kingdom · 1 – 564
- Cé · 1 – 900
and 1 more; every state of Location unknown.
Its decades and years
The decades and years with a page of their own.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 100 – 200: every state, war and life of the 2nd century, region by region.
- On the map in 150: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.