4th century in poetry

	This page is part of the List of years in poetry
Centuries in poetry:	3rd century - 4th century - 5th century
Decades in poetry:	300s 310s 320s 330s 340s 350s 360s 370s 380s 390s
Centuries:	3rd century - 4th century - 5th century

Roman empire

Poets

• Ephrem the Syrian (306 - 373), Nisibis, writing in Syriac
• Faltonia Betitia Proba (c. 306/c. 315 - c. 353/c. 366)
• Ausonius (310-395), Bordeaux
• Himerius (315 -386), from Bithynia writing in Greek
• Prudentius (348 - 405/413) in Tarraconensis, writing in Latin
• Claudian ( ? -404)

Dates Unknown:

• Avienus, Volsinii, Etruria, writing in Latin
• Nonnus, Egypt, writing in Greek
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, writing in Greek
• Tryphiodorus, Egypt, writing in Greek
• Palladas, Alexandria, Egypt, writing in Greek

South Asia

• Kalidasa, writing in Sanskrit
• Amara Sinha, Sanskrit grammarian and poet

China

Poets (by date of birth)

• Tao Yuanming (365/372 - 427)
• Xie Lingyun (385-433)

Timeline

• 365 – Tao Qian simplified Chinese: 陶潜; traditional Chinese: 陶潛; pinyin: Táo Qián; Wade–Giles: T'ao Ch'ien, also known as Tao Yuanming 陶淵明, perhaps born this year (died 427)
• 385 – Xie Lingyun (died 433)

Decades and years

290s	290	291	292	293	294	295	296	297	298	299
300s	300	301	302	303	304	305	306	307	308	309
310s	310	311	312	313	314	315	316	317	318	319
320s	320	321	322	323	324	325	326	327	328	329
330s	330	331	332	333	334	335	336	337	338	339
340s	340	341	342	343	344	345	346	347	348	349
350s	350	351	352	353	354	355	356	357	358	359
360s	360	361	362	363	364	365	366	367	368	369
370s	370	371	372	373	374	375	376	377	378	379
380s	380	381	382	383	384	385	386	387	388	389
390s	390	391	392	393	394	395	396	397	398	399
400s	400	401	402	403	404	405	406	407	408	409