Editing 2 BC

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Year '''2 BC''' was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] or [[Common year starting on Friday|Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]] (the sources differ, see [[Julian calendar#Leap year error|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 [[Marcus Plautius Silvanus (consul 2 BC)|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.

==Events==
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===Roman Empire===
* [[February 5]] &ndash; [[Augustus]] is proclaimed ''[[pater patriae]]'' ("father of the country") by the [[Roman Senate]]. This bestowed title is the logical [[Constitutional reforms of Augustus|consequence]] and final proof of Augustus' supreme position as ''[[princeps]]'', the first in charge over the Roman state.<ref>{{cite book|last=Swan|first=Peter M.|year=2004|title=The Augustan Succession|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=103–104|isbn=978-0-19-534714-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=26s6CG8LffsC&pg=PA103}}</ref>
* [[Julia the Elder]], daughter of Augustus, is [[exile]]d on charges of [[treason]] and [[adultery]] to [[Pandateria]]; her mother [[Scribonia (wife of Augustus)|Scribonia]] accompanies her.<ref>[[Velleius Paterculus]], 2.100</ref><ref>[[Cassius Dio]] 55.10</ref>
* The [[Aqua Alsietina]] (or '''Aqua Augusta'''), a [[Roman aqueduct]] in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]], is constructed during the reign of Augustus (approximate date).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.romanaqueducts.info/aquasite/romalsietina/index.html|title=Roman aqueducts: Rome Aqua Alsietina (Italy)|website=www.romanaqueducts.info|access-date=2023-09-22}}</ref>
* [[Date of the birth of Jesus]] according to the writings of [[Tertullian]], [[Eusebius]] and [[Epiphanius of Salamis|Epiphanius]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Beyer |first=David |title=Chronos, Kairos, Christos II: Chronological, Nativity, and Religious Studies in Memory of Ray Summers |date=1998 |publisher=Mercer University Press |isbn=978-0-86554-582-3 |editor-last=Vardaman |editor-first=Jerry |pages=85–96 |chapter=Josephus Reexamined: Unraveling the Twenty-Second Year of Tiberius |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mWnYvI5RdLMC&pg=PA93}}</ref> (probably after the statement of Jesus being "around 30 years old" in [[AD 29]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Finegan |first=Jack |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tUzSEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA345 |title=The Handbook of Biblical Chronology |date=2015 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |isbn=978-1-61970-641-5 |pages=345}}</ref>
* Dedication of the [[Forum Augustum]].<ref>{{cite book | first=John E. | last=Stambaugh | title=The Ancient Roman City | year=1988 | place=Baltimore | publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press | page=54 | isbn=0-8018-3574-7}}</ref>

===Parthia===
* [[Phraates V of Parthia|Phraates V]] and his mother [[Musa of Parthia|Musa]] become rulers of the [[Parthian Empire]] following the murder of [[Phraates IV of Parthia|Phraates IV]].

===Armenia===
* [[Tigranes IV]] and [[Erato of Armenia|Erato]] are restored to the throne after deposing [[Artavasdes III]].
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==Births==
* [[Jesus]], basis of [[Christianity]] (born in the month of Ethanim ([[Tishrei]]) (September–October) (approximate date, according to [[Chronology of Jesus#Year of birth|Eusebius of Caesarea]] and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]])
* [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (father of Nero)|Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus]], father of [[Nero]]<ref name="DGRBM">{{Citation | last = Smith | first = William | author-link = William Smith (lexicographer) | contribution = Ahenobarbus (10), Gnaeus Ahenobarbus | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 86 | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0095.html }}.</ref>

==Deaths==
* [[Consort Fu (Yuan)|Fu]], Chinese Grand Empress of the [[Han dynasty]]
* [[Iullus Antonius]], Roman consul and son of [[Mark Antony]] (b. [[43 BC]])
* [[Phraates IV of Parthia|Phraates IV]], king of the [[Parthian Empire]]

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