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v2.1.0: Corpus Expansion — Cicero, Seneca, Fronto

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@CraigVG CraigVG released this 25 Mar 01:07
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Corpus Expansion

The database now spans 68 BC to 800 AD with 8,112 letters across 60 collections — up from 6,914 letters in v2.0.0.

New Collections

Collection Letters Period Source
Cicero, Ad Atticum 431 68-43 BC Latin Library + Winstedt/Gutenberg
Cicero, Ad Familiares 425 62-43 BC Latin Library + Shuckburgh/Gutenberg
Seneca, Epistulae Morales 124 62-65 AD Latin Library + Gummere (Loeb)
Fronto, Correspondence 207 139-166 AD Haines (Loeb) via Wikisource
Ignatius of Antioch 7 ~110 AD New Advent (ANF)
Cyril of Alexandria 4 430-433 AD New Advent (NPNF)

Translation Quality (continued from v2.0.0)

  • Additional 100+ fabrications found and fixed via full collection audits
  • Gregory the Great: 30 more fabrications fixed (full 399-letter audit)
  • Libanius: 55 more fabrications fixed (full 817-letter audit)
  • Augustine: 15 misaligned translations fixed (full 161-letter audit)
  • All remaining collections fully audited (1,545 letters, 14 fixes)
  • Total collections 100% audited: all 60
  • Round 5 verification: <2% fabrication rate

Stats

Metric v2.0.0 v2.1.0
Total letters 6,914 8,112
With English 6,824 8,022 (98.9%)
Collections 54 60
Date range 100-800 AD 68 BC - 800 AD
Collections audited 100% 100%