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