5th century in poetry

Events

 * 476: Invasion of Germanic tribes and fall of Western 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

Works

 * Cilappatikaram, one of Five Great Epics of Tamil literature.

Poets

 * Tao Qian, also known as Tao Yuanming 陶淵明 (365–427)
 * Xie Lingyun (385-433)

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 c. 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