1st century BC in poetry

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 I - 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

Works

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

Poets (by year of birth)

 * Yang Xiong (53 BCE - 18 CE)
 * Yuri of Goguryeo, (reigned c. 17 BCE to 18 CE)