2 BC
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| 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 | ས་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Earth-Horse) 125 or −256 or −1028 — to — ས་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Earth-Sheep) 126 or −255 or −1027 |
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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.
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