5th century in poetry

Roman Empire

Events

* 476: Invasion of Germanic tribes and fall of the Western Roman Empire leads to eclipse of Latin as the European Lingua franca; Germanic and Celtic vernaculars begin process of becoming literary languages.

Roman poets

* Rutilius Claudius Namatianus flourishes, writing in Latin.
* Sidonius Apollinaris (430–489), in Lugdunum, Gaul, writing in Latin.
* Magnus Felix Ennodius (474 – July 17, 521), Bishop of Pavia and poet, writing in Latin
* Coluthus of Lycopolis (fl. 491–518), writing in Greek.
* Jacob of Serugh (451 – November 521), writing in Syriac
* Blossius Aemilius Dracontius (c. 455 – c. 505), writing in Latin in Carthage

Roman works

* Blossius Aemilius Dracontius, ''Satisfactio''

South Asia

Poets

* Probable date of Kālidāsa, Sanskrit poet, author of '' Meghadūta''

Works

* Cilappatikaram, one of Five Great Epics of Tamil literature.

China

Poets

* Tao Qian (), also known as Tao Yuanming (陶淵明) (365–427)
* Xie Lingyun (385–433)
* Bao Zhao (鮑照, also known as Mingyuan (明遠)) (c.414–September 466, executed), poet and official

Timeline

* 427 – Tao Qian , also known as Tao Yuanming 陶淵明, died (born 365), Chinese poet
* 430 – Sidonius Apollinaris born (died 489), in Lugdunum, Gaul, writing in Latin
* 433 – Xie Lingyun died (born 385), Chinese poet
* 451 – Jacob of Serugh born (died November 521), writing in Syriac
* 455 – Blossius Aemilius Dracontius born about this year (died 505) of Carthage, Latin poet
* 474 – Magnus Felix Ennodius born (died July 17, 521), Bishop of Pavia and Latin poet
* 489 – Sidonius Apollinaris died (born 430), in Lugdunum, Gaul, writing in Latin
* 491 – Coluthus of Lycopolis is known to have lived starting this year (fl. 491–518), writing in Greek-language poet

References

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