Year 2 BC was a common year starting on Thursday or Friday
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(link will display the full calendar)
of the Julian calendar
(the sources differ, see leap year error for further information)
and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar.
At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Silvanus (or, less frequently, year 752 Ab urbe condita).
The denomination 2 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years
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Events
Roman Empire
Emperor Augustus is proclaimed Pater Patriae, or “father of the country” by the Roman Senate;
this bestowed title is the logical consequence and final proof of Augustus’ supreme position as princeps, the first in charge over the Roman state.[1]
Julia the Elder, daughter of Augustus, is exiled on charges of treason and adultery to Pandateria;
her mother Scribonia accompanies her
The Aqua Alsietina (or Aqua Augusta), a Roman aqueduct in Rome, is constructed during the reign of Augustus (approximate date).
Parthia[edit]
Phraates V becomes king of the Parthian Empire, after he and his mother “the goddess Musa” have murdered his father Phraates IV.
Births[edit]
Jesus, basis of Christianity (born in the month of Ethanim (Tishrei) (September–October) (approximate date, according to Eusebius of Caesarea and Jehovah’s Witnesses)
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, father of emperor Nero
Deaths[edit]
Iullus Antonius, Roman consul and son of Mark Antony (executed for treason) (b. 43 BC)
Phraates IV, king of Parthia (murdered)
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2 BC.
^ Eck, Werner; translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider; new material by Sarolta A. Takács. (2003) The Age of Augustus. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing (hardcover, ISBN 0-631-22957-4; paperback,
ISBN 0-631-22958-2
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2_BC
2 BC
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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
2nd century BC
1st century BC
1st century
Decades:
20s BC
10s BC
0s BC
0s
10s
Years:
5 BC
4 BC
3 BC
2 BC
1 BC
AD 1
AD 2
2 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 2 BC
I BC
Ab urbe condita 752
Ancient Greek era 194th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar 4749
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −594
Berber calendar 949
Buddhist calendar 543
Burmese calendar −639
Byzantine calendar 5507–5508
Chinese calendar 戊午年 (Earth Horse)
2695 or 2635
— to —
己未年 (Earth Goat)
2696 or 2636
Coptic calendar −285 – −284
Discordian calendar 1165
Ethiopian calendar −9 – −8
Hebrew calendar 3759–3760
Hindu calendars
Vikram Samvat 55–56
Shaka Samvat N/A
Kali Yuga 3099–3100
Holocene calendar 9999
Iranian calendar 623 BP – 622 BP
Islamic calendar 642 BH – 641 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar 2 BC
I BC
Korean calendar 2332
Minguo calendar 1913 before ROC
民前1913年
Nanakshahi calendar −1469
Seleucid era 310/311 AG
Thai solar calendar 541–542
Tibetan calendar 阳土马年
(male Earth-Horse)
125 or −256 or −1028
— to —
阴土羊年
(female Earth-Goat)
126 or −255 or −1027
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