2 BC
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In the year 2 bce
Construction
Roman emperor Augustus has the 33-km- (20.3-mi-) long Aqua Alsietina aqueduct built underground to Trastevere. It carries only 15,800,000 L (4,200,000 gal) of water a day, making it the smallest of the 11 aqueducts that eventually supply Rome in Antiquity. Its water is not drinkable, however, for it was built to supply a 360-m (1181-ft) by 540-m (1800-ft) artificial lake designed for mock sea battles to amuse the Romans. See also 19 bce Construction; 38 ce Construction.
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| 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 |
| 2 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 2 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 752 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4749 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1845–-1844 |
| Bengali calendar | -594 |
| Berber calendar | 949 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 543 |
| Burmese calendar | -639 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5507–5508 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年 (2635/2695) — to —
己未年(2636/2696) |
| Coptic calendar | -285–-284 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -9–-8 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3759–3760 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 55–56 |
| - 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 |
| Minguo calendar | 1913 before ROC 民前1913年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 542 |
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Year 2 BC was a common year starting on Thursday or Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see 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 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
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Augustus is proclaimed Pater Patriae, or "father of the country" by the Roman Senate; this bestowed title is the logical consequence and final proof of Augustus' supreme position as princeps, the first in charge over the Roman state.[1]
- Julia the Elder, daughter of Augustus, is exiled on charges of treason and adultery to Pandateria; her mother Scribonia accompanies her.
- The Aqua Alsietina aqueduct is constructed.
Parthia
- Phraates V becomes king of the Parthian Empire, after he and his mother "the goddess Musa" have murdered his father Phraates IV.
Births
- Jesus, Jewish prophet, Son of God and basis of Christianity (born in the month of Ethanim (Tishrei) (September–October)) (approximate date, according to Eusebius of Caesarea and Jehovah's Witnesses)
Deaths
- Iullus Antonius, son of Mark Antony and consul in 10 BC (executed for treason) (b. 43 BC)
- Phraates IV, king of Parthia (murdered)
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).
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