5th century in poetry

5th century in poetry

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Roman Empire

Events

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

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 - Nov. 521), writing in Syriac
* Blossius Aemilius Dracontius, writing in Latin in Carthage

outh Asia

Works

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

China

Poets

* Tao Qian

Works

Decades and years


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