# Sequanic calendar: Historical or hysterical?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 10, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequanic-calendar-historical-or-hysterical/118291 "2002-07-10T19:45:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Milton\_De\_La\_Warre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Milton\_De\_La\_Warre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milton_De_La_Warre)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequanic-calendar-historical-or-hysterical/118291/1 "2002-07-10T19:45:10Z")

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This site: [http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/d/discovery\_of\_the\_sequani\_calendar.html](http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/d/discovery_of_the_sequani_calendar.html)  
claims the discovery of a “Sequanic Calendar”, deriving from something found in the former lands of the now-extinct Sequani Celtic tribe. Purportedly, it correlates the solar and lunar calendars and pagan and Christian holidays.

It seems like baloney to me, but perhaps I am too skeptical. Or not. Enlighten me.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequanic-calendar-historical-or-hysterical/118291/2 "2002-07-10T20:34:12Z")

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Well, the home page would seem to indicate a need for skepticism: It says that it is: An on-line encyclopedia of the occult, mysticism, magic, paranormal and more…

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequanic-calendar-historical-or-hysterical/118291/3 "2002-07-10T21:02:25Z")

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Peter Meyer is an acknowledged calendrical expert:

[http://hermetic.magnet.ch/cal\_stud.htm](http://hermetic.magnet.ch/cal_stud.htm)

His “links” page provides several links concerning the Coligny Calender and several other historical calendars:

[http://serendipity.magnet.ch/hermetic/cal\_stud/cal\_lynx.htm#coligny](http://serendipity.magnet.ch/hermetic/cal_stud/cal_lynx.htm#coligny)

One of those links, which seems to be non-occult and reasonably informative:

> **[Roman Britain - Organisation](https://www.roman-britain.org/)**
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> We talk about Roman History and related news about the roman empire. Non-profit organization.