1st century BC in poetry

Roman republic/Roman empire

Poets (by date of birth) Lucretius (94 - 49 BCE) Catullus (84 -54 BCE) Virgil (Oct. 15, 70 - Sept. 21, 19 BCE) Gallus (69 - 26 BC), Egypt Horace (Dec. 8, 65 - Nov. 27, 8 BC) Tibullus (54 - 19 BCE) Propertius (50 - 15/2 BCE), Bevagna Ovid (Mar 20, 43 BCE - 17 CE)

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Sulpicia - the only woman poet of Ancient Rome whose works survive Meleager of Gadara

Works Meleager of Gadara gathers an anthology of short poems and epigrams that would become the basis for the Greek Anthology

South Asia

Works The Pali Canon is first written down (estimated) The Tolkappiyam, a Tamil grammar written in verse

China

Poets (by year of birth) Yang Xiong (53 BCE - 18 CE)

Korea

Poets (by year of birth) Yuri of Goguryeo, (reigned c. 17 BCE to 18 CE)

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