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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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@@ -40,35 +40,35 @@ The Western Roman Empire fell in 476 CE when Odoacer deposed Emperor Romulus Aug
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Region: Mediterranean basin, Western Europe, North Africa, Near East" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Kingdom: ~753–509 BCE" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 509 BCE event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Republic: 509–27 BCE" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 27 BCE event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Empire: 27 BCE – 476 CE (Western), continued as Byzantine Empire in the East" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 27 BCE event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 14: "Capital: Rome; later Constantinople (from 330 CE)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 330 CE event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 15: "Language: Latin" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "Writing: Latin alphabet" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 19: "Roman Kingdom (~753–509 BCE): Legendary founding by Romulus" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 509 BCE event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 20: "Early Republic (509–264 BCE): Expansion in Italy, Conflict of the Orders" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 264 BCE event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 21: "Late Republic (264–27 BCE): Punic Wars, civil wars, Caesar's assassination ..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 27 BCE event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "Principate (27 BCE – 284 CE): Augustus through the Crisis of the Third Century" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 27 BCE event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 26: "Roman law: Foundation of Western legal tradition [^1]" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 27: "Engineering: Aqueducts, roads (~400,000 km network), concrete, the Colosseum" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 28: "Pax Romana (~27 BCE – 180 CE): ~200 years of relative peace and prosperity" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 27 BCE event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 29: "Latin language and literature: Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, Tacitus" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Jolowicz (1972) [^1]; Heather (2006) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: Malformed temporal tag @t[=476] — see docs for valid syntax
> Fix to @t[=0476]
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 32: Malformed temporal tag @t[=476] — see docs for valid syntax