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daniel 01866caf6a Fix 656 lazy temporal answers: replace 'static historical fact' with source-attributed answers
- 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
2026-02-22 23:00:39 +00:00

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[2026-02-22T22:32:46+00:00] 0648e6 | Pericles
status: UPDATED | Pericles | changes: Fixed duplicate # Pericles heading; added Greek name etymology; expanded Key Facts with family (father Xanthippus, mother Agariste/Alcmaeonidae); added Early Life & Education section (Damon, Anaxagoras, choregos for Aeschylus 472 BCE); added Rise to Power section (Ephialtes reforms 462461 BCE, Cimon prosecution/ostracism, Age of Pericles 461429 BCE); added citizenship law of 451 BCE; added free theater access; added Personal Life section (Aspasia, Pericles the Younger); added trial/re-election note in Peloponnesian War; added [^3] citation for Pericles the Younger citizenship
duration: 64s
[2026-02-22T22:33:56+00:00] 06d51f | Ashoka
status: UPDATED | Ashoka | changes: Fixed duplicate # Ashoka heading; added Family & Early Career section (father Bindusara, grandfather Chandragupta, wife Devi, children Mahinda and Sanghamitra, early career at Taxila and Ujjain, Arthashastra governance); added Empire Extent section (Iran/Afghanistan to Bangladesh, provincial capitals); expanded Edicts section (33 total, Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription detail, Sanchi stupa); added name meaning and Devanampiya Piyadassi epithet to Overview; added World History Encyclopedia as [^3] reference; committed and pushed
duration: 64s
[2026-02-22T22:35:02+00:00] 25cc1e | Hammurabi
status: UPDATED | Hammurabi | changes: Fixed duplicate # heading; corrected stele material from "basalt" to "diorite" (per Louvre and scholarly sources); added father Sin-Muballit; expanded Achievements with specific conquered city-states (Larsa, Eshnunna, Mari) and Assyrian tribute; enriched Code of Hammurabi section with Akkadian cuneiform language, prologue/epilogue structure (~4,130 lines), and Shamash relief description; added World History Encyclopedia as [^3] source
duration: 59s
[2026-02-22T22:36:04+00:00] 4fb0a1 | Augustus
status: UPDATED | Augustus | changes: fixed duplicate # heading, corrected malformed @t[=14] to @t[=0014], removed answered review queue section, added wife/children facts, added Succession section with Julio-Claudian dynasty info, added religious and social reform details (pontifex maximus, Lex Julia, Ara Pacis, Ludi Saeculares), added two new scholarly footnotes from World History Encyclopedia
duration: 56s
[2026-02-22T22:37:12+00:00] 009548 | Ramesses II
status: UPDATED | Ramesses II | changes: Fixed duplicate H1 heading; added birth year (~1303 BCE), regnal name (Usermaatre Setepenre), Greek name (Ozymandias), principal wife (Nefertari), tomb (KV7), Ramesseum mortuary temple, Levant/Nubia campaign details, mummy health findings, "Great Ancestor" epithet, and recent Sorbonne sarcophagus identification; added footnotes [^3] (Wikipedia) and [^4] (Ancient Origins 2025)
duration: 62s
[2026-02-22T22:38:15+00:00] 05754a | Battle of Cannae
status: UPDATED | Battle of Cannae | changes: Fixed duplicate H1 title; added Carthaginian losses (~6,000, mostly Gauls); named cavalry sub-commanders (Hasdrubal/heavy, Maharbal/Numidian); added survivor/captured figures and Canusium escape; added Aftermath section with Maharbal's famous quote and Rome's emergency response; added Zama connection (Scipio used Cannae tactics); added Archaeology section; updated troop estimate range to reflect modern scholarship (70,00086,000 Romans); added footnote for World History Encyclopedia and Seven Swords sources
duration: 56s
[2026-02-22T22:39:06+00:00] 06dbd9 | Greek Philosophy
status: UPDATED | Greek Philosophy | changes: Fixed duplicate title; added Pythagoras, Pyrrho of Elis, Diogenes of Sinope, and Plotinus to Major Figures; added Pythagoreanism, Cynicism, and Neoplatonism to Major Schools; added legacy note on Neoplatonism's influence on Christian theology and the Renaissance; added footnote [^3] citing Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
duration: 45s
[2026-02-22T22:40:41+00:00] 072273 | Greek Religion
status: UPDATED | Greek Religion | changes: Fixed duplicate title; corrected Apollo's domain from "Sun" to "Light, music, prophecy, healing" (Helios was the sun god); expanded Overview with no-creed/no-priestly-class note; enriched Religious Practices with libations and votive offerings; added five new sections: Sanctuary Structure (temenos/naos), Hero Cults, Household Religion, Polis Religion (Sourvinou-Inwood/Kindt framework), expanded Delphi oracle with De Boer & Hale 2001 geological ethylene theory, expanded Eleusinian Mysteries with kykeon/ergot scholarship; added three new footnotes (Eidinow & Kindt 2015, De Boer et al. 2001, Arkeonews 2024)
duration: 88s
[2026-02-22T22:41:40+00:00] 07edd5 | Treaty of Kadesh
status: UPDATED | Treaty of Kadesh | changes: Fixed duplicate H1 title; added "Physical Record" section covering original silver tablets (now lost), Hugo Winckler's 1906 discovery at Hattusa, and current location of Hittite tablets at the Ancient Orient Museum in Istanbul; added divine witnesses/curses clause to Terms; noted the informal nature of the treaty name (Kadesh not mentioned in text); added scholarly date variant (1258 BCE); noted post-treaty peace period enabling Ramesses II's building projects; added [^3] Wikipedia citation for new facts
duration: 52s