2 BC
year
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 |
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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 |
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
change- 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
change- Jesus (approximate date, according to Eusebius of Caesarea and Jehovah's Witnesses)
Deaths
change- Iullus Antonius, son of Mark Antony and consul in 10 BC
- Phraates IV, king of Parthia