What should we be excited about today in ATG historiography?
Actually, we should be excited about ARCHAIC ERA ARCHAEOLOGY. :-) E.g., the periods from about 580/570 down into the early Classical period. Sites like Aigai, Archontiko, and Sindos (et al.) are rewriting what we thought we knew about the origins of the Macedonian kingdom.
For Alexander historiography in particular, probably the fresher looks at the sources themselves are most exciting: how they pick-and-choose stories to suit their own themes. This has led to a lot of questioning about what happened...and what didn't. For instance, I'd submit the whole proskynesis affair was made up. Or at least, it didn't happen in the way (or even when) Arrian, Plutarch, and Curtius describe it. This is just one example. It's leading to some radical reappraisals of even the more famous events in Alexander's career.
Yes, this can be very disconcerting. But it's also kinda exciting.
