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Fix 656 lazy temporal answers: replace 'static historical fact' with source-attributed answers

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- Updated perspective.md: require source citations in temporal answers
- Filed feature request #75 for BCE temporal tag support (tested 7 formats, all rejected)
- Built batch script to replace all 'Static historical fact' answers with proper
  source attribution (ancient text date + modern publication year)
- Fixed source date detection bug (modern books about ancient figures)
- Answers now cite attesting source and its date per document footnotes
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@@ -33,29 +33,29 @@ The Battle of Marathon (490 BCE) was a decisive Greek victory over the Persian E
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Date: September 490 BCE" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. September 490 BCE. No temporal tag needed.
> 490 BCE event. Attested by Herodotus, *Histories* 6.102-117 (~430 BCE) [^1]; modern confirmation in Krentz (2010) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Location: Plain of Marathon, ~40 km northeast of Athens" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 490 BCE event. Attested by Herodotus, *Histories* 6.102 (~430 BCE) [^1]; confirmed in Krentz (2010) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Belligerents: Athens and Plataea vs. Persian Empire" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 490 BCE event. Attested by Herodotus, *Histories* 6.108 (~430 BCE) [^1].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Commanders: Miltiades (Athens), Datis and Artaphernes (Persia)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 490 BCE event. Attested by Herodotus, *Histories* 6.103, 6.94 (~430 BCE) [^1].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 14: "Result: Decisive Greek victory [^1]" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. September 490 BCE. No temporal tag needed.
> 490 BCE event. Attested by Herodotus, *Histories* 6.113-117 (~430 BCE) [^1]; modern analysis in Krentz (2010) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "~10,000 Athenians and ~1,000 Plataeans vs. ~25,000 Persians (estimates vary)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 490 BCE event. Troop estimates from Herodotus, *Histories* 6.103-109 (~430 BCE) [^1]; modern range analysis in Krentz (2010) [^2]. Ancient and modern estimates vary.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Miltiades strengthened the flanks at the expense of the center" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 490 BCE event. Attested by Herodotus, *Histories* 6.111 (~430 BCE) [^1].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 19: "Greek wings enveloped the Persian center in a double envelopment" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 490 BCE event. Attested by Herodotus, *Histories* 6.113 (~430 BCE) [^1].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 20: "Persian losses: ~6,400; Greek losses: ~192" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 490 BCE event. Casualty figures from Herodotus, *Histories* 6.117 (~430 BCE) [^1].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Pheidippides' legendary run from Marathon to Athens (~40 km) inspired the mod..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> The run tradition derives from later sources (Plutarch, ~75 CE; Lucian, ~2nd century CE). Herodotus describes Pheidippides' run to Sparta, not Athens. Modern marathon race established 1896 CE. Krentz (2010) [^2] discusses the tradition.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 24: "Athenian burial mound (*soros*) still visible at Marathon" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> The mound dates to ~490 BCE. Its continued visibility confirmed by Krentz (2010) [^2] and ongoing archaeological surveys at the Marathon site.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 25: "Boosted Athenian confidence and democratic identity" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Scholarly interpretation of post-490 BCE Athenian culture. Attested by Herodotus, *Histories* (~430 BCE) [^1]; modern analysis in Krentz (2010) [^2].
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Date: September 490 BCE" - what is the source?
> Herodotus Histories 6.102-117 [^1] and Krentz (2010) [^2].
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Location: Plain of Marathon, ~40 km northeast of Athens" - what is the source?