The Coligny Calendar is an ancient lunisolar calendar that was used in Gaul. The Empire Of Holcetaea currently uses the coligny calendar. The year according to this calendar is 2510, being started in 503 B.C., the dawn of the La Tene culture. The calendar is divided in half between the winter and summer. Four fire festivals are celebrated and marked.
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| - The Coligny Calendar is an ancient lunisolar calendar that was used in Gaul. The Empire Of Holcetaea currently uses the coligny calendar. The year according to this calendar is 2510, being started in 503 B.C., the dawn of the La Tene culture. The calendar is divided in half between the winter and summer. Four fire festivals are celebrated and marked.
- The Gaulish Coligny Calendar was found in Coligny, Ain, France near Lyon in 1897, along with the head of a bronze statue of a youthful male figure. It is a lunisolar calendar. It was engraved on a bronze tablet, preserved in 73 fragments, that originally was 1.48 m wide and 0.9 m high (Lambert p.111). Based on the style of lettering and the accompanying objects, it probably dates to the end of the 2nd century (Lambert p.111). It is written in Latin inscriptional capitals, and is in the Gaulish language (Duval & Pinault). The restored tablet contains sixteen vertical columns, with 62 months distributed over five years.
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| - The Coligny Calendar is an ancient lunisolar calendar that was used in Gaul. The Empire Of Holcetaea currently uses the coligny calendar. The year according to this calendar is 2510, being started in 503 B.C., the dawn of the La Tene culture. The calendar is divided in half between the winter and summer. Four fire festivals are celebrated and marked.
- The Gaulish Coligny Calendar was found in Coligny, Ain, France near Lyon in 1897, along with the head of a bronze statue of a youthful male figure. It is a lunisolar calendar. It was engraved on a bronze tablet, preserved in 73 fragments, that originally was 1.48 m wide and 0.9 m high (Lambert p.111). Based on the style of lettering and the accompanying objects, it probably dates to the end of the 2nd century (Lambert p.111). It is written in Latin inscriptional capitals, and is in the Gaulish language (Duval & Pinault). The restored tablet contains sixteen vertical columns, with 62 months distributed over five years. The French archaeologist J. Monard speculated that it was recorded by druids wishing to preserve their tradition of timekeeping in a time when the Julian calendar was imposed throughout the Roman Empire. However, the general form of the calendar suggests the public peg calendars (or parapegmata) found throughout the Greek and Roman world (Lehoux pp. 63-65). A similar calendar, found nearby at Villards d'Heria is only preserved in eight small fragments. It is now preserved in the Musée d'Archéologie du Jura at Lons-le-Saunier.
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