What I hope to read in 2014.

Legions in Crisis: The Transformation of the Roman Soldier - 192 to 284
by Paul Elliot
The Last of the Romans: Bonifatius - Warlord and Comes Africae, 413 - 433 AD
by Jeroen Wijnendaele
By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire (Ancient Warfare and Civilization)
by Ian Worthington
Caesar's Heirs: Wolves in the Forum
by John Bassett
Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece (Ancient Warfare and Civilization) by Robin Waterfield

The Military History of Late Rome AD 361-395
by Ikka Syvanne
Military History of Late Rome 284-361
by Ilkka Syvanne

The Picts (The Peoples of Europe)
by Benjamin Hudson

The Iliad, not sure which translation yet
after which I can read:
The War that Killed Achilles

I'd like to make more inroads into early Christian sources. (I'm currently plowing through Ignatius of Antioch.)

I just started Latin: Story of a World Language by Jürgen Leonhardt. It's fantastic.

(fixed)

Your touchstone leads to A Natural History of Latin, not to Latin: Story of a World Language

For the past two years I've been reading about and blogging on Early Christianity. I just finished Tertullian(my brain managed not to explode, somehow) and am starting on Origen. If you're interested in knowing what books, look at those tagged "Christianity" in my To Read list.

I no longer have any idea how long I'll be doing this.

Tertullian—ew!

Yup. You try to look at historical folks sympathetically but I couldn't help developing a dislike for the man. Plus it was friggin' tedious.

You should read Updike's novel Roger's Version. As I recall, it had a lot of him.

I'm looking to finally crack open Peter Brown's Through the Eye of a Needle.