2 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 1 CE 2 CE |
2 BC by topic | |
Politics | |
State leaders - Sovereign states | |
Birth and death categories | |
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Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
Establishments - Disestablishments |
Gregorian calendar | 2 BC |
Ab urbe condita | 752 |
Armenian calendar | N/A |
Bahá'í calendar | -1845 – -1844 |
Berber calendar | 949 |
Buddhist calendar | 543 |
Burmese calendar | -639 |
Chinese calendar | 2635/2695 (戊午年) — to —
2636/2696(己未年) |
Coptic calendar | -285 – -284 |
Ethiopian calendar | -9 – -8 |
Hebrew calendar | 3759 – 3760 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 54 – 55 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3100 – 3101 |
Holocene calendar | 9999 |
Iranian calendar | 623 BP – 622 BP |
Islamic calendar | 642 BH – 641 BH |
Japanese calendar | |
Korean calendar | 2332 |
Thai solar calendar | 542 |
Year 2 BC was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- Julia the Elder, daughter of Augustus and Scribonia is exiled on charges of treason and adultery to Pandateria; her mother Scribonia accompanies her.
- Caesar Augustus was proclaimed Pater Patriae by the Roman Senate; this bestowed title was the logical consequence and final proof of Augustus' supreme position as princeps, the first in charge over the Roman state.[1]
[edit] Births
- Jesus, Jewish prophet and founder of Christianity (born in the month of Ethanim (Tishrei) (September–October)) (approximate date)
[edit] Deaths
- Iullus Antonius, son of Mark Antony and consul in 10 BC (executed for treason).
[edit] Notes
- ^ Eck, 3.
[edit] References
- 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).