2nd century in poetry

Poets

 * Juvenal, in Latin
 * Oppian of Corycus in Cilicia, writing in Greek
 * Lucian of Assyria, writing in Greek
 * Straton of Sardis, writing in Greek

Works

 * latest likely date for the Drakht-i Asurig, the earliest known Pahlavi poem

Poets (by date of birth)

 * Cao Cao (155-220), Eastern Han
 * Cao Pi (187 -226), Eastern Han
 * Cao Zhi (192-232), Eastern Han