2 BC Facts for Kids

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 in various calendars
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	阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 125 or −256 or −1028 — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 126 or −255 or −1027

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
Phraates V becomes king of the Parthian Empire