Editing 2 BC (section)

===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>