4th century in poetry

Roman empire

Poets

• Ephrem the Syrian, Nisibis, writing in Syriac
• Faltonia Betitia Proba
• Ausonius, Bordeaux
• Himerius, from Bithynia writing in Greek
• Prudentius in Tarraconensis, writing in Latin
• Claudian

• Avienus, Volsinii, Etruria, writing in Latin
• Nonnus, Egypt, writing in Greek
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, writing in Greek
• Symphosius, perhaps North African, writing in Latin
• Tryphiodorus, Egypt, writing in Greek
• Palladas, Alexandria, Egypt, writing in Greek

  South Asia

• Kalidasa, writing in Sanskrit
• Amara Sinha, Sanskrit grammarian and poet

  China

Poets (by date of birth)

• Tao Yuanming
• Xie Lingyun

  Timeline

• 365 - Tao Qian, also known as Tao Yuanming 陶淵明, perhaps born this year
• 385 - Xie Lingyun