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 5th-century poems 05 Poetry