CIII

Sonnet that begins Alack, what poverty my Muse brings forth

• 103 to Pliny

• 103, in old Rome

• 103, on a monument

• 103, to Cato

• 103, to Ovid

• 103: Roman

• 2nd-century date

• DXV divided by V

• Early 2nd century date

• Early second-century year

• Half of CCVI

• High fever at the Forum?

• High fever at the Roman senate?

• High fever for Caesar?

• High fever, in old Rome?

• One-fifth of DXV

• Ripe old age in Roma

• Roman 103

• Roman prime

• Tenth of MXXX

• V into DXV

• XXXI tripled, plus X

• Year in Trajan's rule