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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-08 · 23 entries checked · 21 flagged · 39 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 39 still open
Sicilian Wars — The claim that Carthage's library books were distributed among nearby African tribes after 146 BC is not a widely established historical fact; the common account is that the library was destroyed or its contents lost, but the specific detail about distribution
Sicilian Wars — The statement that the first recorded conflict in Sicily was in 580 BC, when Phoenicians and Elymians defeated Greeks near Lilybaeum, is inaccurate: the battle of 580 BC involved Greeks (from Cnidus and Rhodes) fighting against Phoenicians and Elymians, but th
Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War) — The Romans built a mole (stone and earth causeway) across the harbor entrance, not a large brick structure dominating the city wall.
Siege of Constantinople (717–718) — The claim that the Arab fleet sent as reinforcements in spring 718 was destroyed after its Christian crews defected is inaccurate; the defection weakened the fleet, but its destruction was caused by a Byzantine attack or storms, not directly by the defection.
Siege of Orléans (1428–1429) — The entry states that Thomas Montagu, Earl of Salisbury, 'swept through the countryside and cut off Orléans by October 1428,' implying he commanded the entire initial phase, but he was killed on 3 November 1428, so command passed to others.
Siege of Pavia (773–774) — The entry states 'Charlemagne declared King of the Franks and Lombards' as a key outcome, but historically Charlemagne was already King of the Franks (since 768) and was crowned King of the Lombards after the siege, not declared as both simultaneously.
Third Punic War — The sequence of Roman demands is reversed: the demand to abandon the city came after the surrender of arms, not before.
Third Servile War — The entry states that the rebels realized the legions of Pompey and Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus were moving in to entrap them, but Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus was not involved; the correct commander was Lucius Licinius Lucullus.
Third Servile War — The entry claims the rebellion was the only one that directly threatened the Roman heartland of Italy, but the Second Servile War also involved significant uprisings in Italy, making the phrasing overly absolute and factually questionable.
War of Actium — The claim that 'Forty percent of the Roman Senate, together with both consuls, left Rome to join the war on Antony's side' is an invented figure not supported by historical sources.
War of Actium — The claim that 'both sides fielding nearly 200,000 legionaries' is an exaggeration; modern estimates place Antony's forces at around 100,000–120,000 men and Octavian's at a similar or slightly smaller number.
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