2 BC

Year 2 BC was a common year starting on Thursday or Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Silvanus.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	30s BC  20s BC  10s BC  – 0s BC –  0s  10s  20s
Years:	5 BC 4 BC 3 BC – 2 BC – 1 BC AD 1 AD 2

2 BC in other 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

Events

• Emperor Augustus is made Pater Patriae, or "father of the country" by the Roman Senate
• Julia the Elder is exiled on charges of treason and adultery
• Phraates V becomes king of the Parthian Empire

Births

• Jesus (approximate date, according to Eusebius of Caesarea and Jehovah's Witnesses)

Deaths

• Iullus Antonius, son of Mark Antony and consul in 10 BC
• Phraates IV, king of Parthia