Culture & IdeasThe 2nd century

Culture & Ideas in the 2nd century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 2nd century — 9 of them, drawn from 9 nations, running from 100 to 193. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
9
Nations
9
Earliest
100
Latest
193
Asia
4
Africa
2
Europe
1
North America
1
South America
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Africa

    Algeria

    Trajan founds Timgad

    The emperor Trajan establishes Timgad (Thamugadi) as a Roman colony; its grid plan, forum, theatre and arch survive as one of the best-preserved Roman towns.

    Era: Numidia, Carthage and Roman Africa

    Sources: Timgad · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, The Splendours of Roman Algeria · World History Encyclopedia

  2. Asia

    Iraq

    Hatra, capital of an Arab kingdom

    Under Parthian influence the fortified city of Hatra flourishes as the capital of a small Arab kingdom, twice withstanding Roman sieges before falling in the 3rd century; its ruins are now a UNESCO World Heritage site.

    Era: Persians, Greeks and the Coming of Islam

    Sources: Hatra — UNESCO World Heritage List · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  3. Asia

    Jordan

    Jerash flourishes as a Roman city

    Gerasa was rebuilt with colonnaded streets, an oval forum, temples and theatres, becoming one of the wealthiest cities of the Roman Near East and leaving ruins still visible today.

    Era: Rome, the Decapolis and Byzantine Christianity

    Sources: Jordan: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. North America

    Mexico

    Teotihuacan, city of the gods

    Teotihuacan grows into a metropolis of monumental pyramids and a planned ceremonial axis, dominating central Mexico before its decline around 550-650 CE.

    Era: Mesoamerican Civilisations

    Sources: Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Pyramid of the Sun · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  5. South America

    Peru

    Moche and Nazca cultures

    The Moche of the north coast create realistic pottery and adobe pyramids, while the Nazca of the southern deserts inscribe their giant lines and geoglyphs.

    Era: Caral and the Great Andean Civilisations

    Sources: Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Peru: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  6. Europe

    Romania

    Trajan's Column commemorates the conquest

    The Dacian wars were commemorated in Rome on Trajan's Column, a 38-metre marble monument whose spiral frieze of more than 2,600 figures narrates the two campaigns against the Dacians.

    Era: Dacia and Rome: the Latin foundation

    Sources: Trajan's Column · World History Encyclopedia

  7. Asia

    Afghanistan

    The Kushan empire and Gandhara art

    Under rulers such as Kanishka the Kushans build an empire across Bactria and Gandhara, spreading Buddhism along the Silk Road and giving rise to the Greco-Buddhist Gandhara school of sculpture.

    Era: Bactria, Gandhara and the Buddhist Age

    Sources: Kushan dynasty · Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Kushan Empire · International Dunhuang Programme, British Library

  8. Asia

    Pakistan

    Kanishka and the Gandhara golden age

    Under the Kushan emperor Kanishka, ruling from Peshawar, Mahayana Buddhism and the Greco-Buddhist Gandhara school of art flourish, depicting the Buddha in human form.

    Era: Gandhara and the Ancient Empires

    Sources: Kanishka, Kushan emperor · Encyclopædia Britannica, Taxila · Encyclopædia Britannica

  9. Africa

    Libya

    Leptis Magna's golden age under Septimius Severus

    The emperor Septimius Severus, born at Leptis Magna, lavishes monuments on his home city, making it one of the foremost ports of Roman Africa.

    Era: Phoenician Tripolitania, Greek Cyrene and Roman Rule

    Sources: Leptis Magna · Wikipedia, Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna · UNESCO World Heritage Centre