1st century BC in poetry
# 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)

Unknown Date:

* 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)
