2nd century in poetry

Roman empire

Poets

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

  Persia

Works

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

  China

Poets (by date of birth)

• Cao Cao, Eastern Han
• Cao Pi , Eastern Han
• Cao Zhi, Eastern Han