2nd century in poetry

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