Happy Mothers Day to all you Classical mothering types out there ... here's what happened (not much, it seems) in the Classical Blogosphere (and environs) this week:

This week, N.S. Gill was telling us about Cylon ... Augustus' Rise to Power ... Triumvirates ... the Battle of Actium ...

Ed Flinn continues to post his coins (but now will be going on a brief hiatus) ....

Dorothy King glosses her previous Macgregor's Marbles post with some useful information ...

JM had his class come up with as many Latin words as they could from appropinquaveramus ...

Michael Gilleland's Saturday Salmagundi has assorted tidbits of interest .... there's a post on the LCL ... Breathless ...

Brad Delong had a post on Roman Nomenclature (hat tip to MK) ...

Eurylochus had to say goodbye to Aegle ...

Mary Beard is no fan of Hannibal ...

There are assorted items of interest at Current Epigraphy ...

For USA-as-Rome comparisons this week, the New York Times is a good place to start ...

There's a sneak peak at the premiere issue of Ancient Warfare magazine ...

Laura Gibbs continues to post a pile of useful educational materials ...

Here's Phil's latest Patristics roundup ...

Other than that, issue 10.3 of Explorator is up and the weekly version of our Ancient World on Television Listings are on the way ...