Not sure how it is a contradiction.
The Ancients and other post-awakening revisions occurred in 2002 after Luclin released.
Servers where the Sleeper was awakened before Luclin was released had a rough time for people wanting to get primal-type weapons until the Ancients came long during Luclin.
More information about post-awakening can be found here:
https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=128884