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 , also known as Tao Yuanming 陶淵明, perhaps born this year (died 427) 385 – Xie Lingyun (died 433) References 04 Poetry