2 BC

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 1 AD 2 AD

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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

2 BC Media

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  Albrecht Altdorfer's painting the Adoration of the Magi (made c. 1530) is one of several works of art concerning the Nativity of Jesus. Though Jesus's exact birthdate is unknown (other than it would have occurred sometime during this decade)

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

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