476: Invasion of Germanic tribes and fall of the Western Roman Empire leads to eclipse of Latin as the European Lingua franca; Germanic and Celtic vernaculars begin process of becoming literary languages.
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
Blossius Aemilius Dracontius, Satisfactio
Probable date of Kālidāsa, Sanskrit poet, author of Meghadūta
Cilappatikaram, one of Five Great Epics of Tamil literature.
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) (365–427)
Xie Lingyun (385–433)
Bao Zhao (鮑照, also known as Mingyuan (明遠)) (c.414–September 466, executed), poet and official
427 – 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, 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 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
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