4th century in poetry

Roman empire

Poets

• Ephrem the Syrian (306–373), Nisibis, writing in Syriac
• Faltonia Betitia Proba (c. 306/c. 315 – c. 353/c. 366)
• Ausonius (310–395), Bordeaux
• Himerius (315–386), from Bithynia writing in Greek
• Prudentius (348–405/413) in Tarraconensis, writing in Latin
• Claudian (?–404)

Dates Unknown:

• Avienius, 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 (365/372–427)
• Xie Lingyun (385–433)

Timeline

• 365 – Tao Qian simplified Chinese: 陶潜; traditional Chinese: 陶潛; pinyin: Táo Qián; Wade–Giles: T'ao Ch'ien, also known as Tao Yuanming 陶淵明, perhaps born this year (died 427)
• 385 – Xie Lingyun (died 433)