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Why are no US sports teams named after the Romans?
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:41 AM Author: sepia theatre There are many named after the Greeks (Trojans, Spartans, Titans), the Norse (Vikings), even the Irish (Celtics and Fighting Irish), but none are named after the Romans. Why? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49218557) |
Date: August 28th, 2025 3:56 AM Author: navy pungent locus wrinkle I was sure this is wrong but after thinking and googling the closest I could get was the Idaho Vandals, the Vandals having sacked Rome (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49218558) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: razzmatazz giraffe Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49219392) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: cream trump supporter because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after niggistan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49218559) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:26 AM Author: Multi-colored big-titted resort how are the greeks less birdshit than romans? and what about all the teams named after injuns? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49218604) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: lemon community account business firm immigration from North Africa is how (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49222270) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: crusty mint tattoo factory reset button If you want to be pedantic the Aeneid makes the Trojans the founders of Rome. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49218560) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:02 AM Author: navy pungent locus wrinkle Romulus and Remus would like a word (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49218562) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:47 AM Author: sepia theatre That’s what he’s referring to dipshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49218575) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:49 AM Author: Primrose house kitty How about I Trojan your ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49218581) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:16 AM Author: Bisexual galvanic azn theater stage Not really. Romulus and Remus were not even born in Troy and were centuries after Aeneas. That’s the joke (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49218599) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:34 PM Author: sepia theatre Read up on the legend a bit more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49219518) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:33 AM Author: Kink-friendly diverse nursing home persian NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: sepia theatre cr. forgot about them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49218590) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 7:51 PM Author: Emerald haunting pervert library OP said US sports teams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49220228) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: sepia theatre by the powers vested in me as the OP I hereby declare the Ottawa Senators a credited response (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49222259) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: Emerald haunting pervert library no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49222271) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: cerise pit Eat shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49222283) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:23 AM Author: Emerald haunting pervert library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49218602) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: cerise pit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49219360) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:42 AM Author: thriller water buffalo national https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49218580) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:11 AM Author: Tripping Vigorous Pisswyrm nothing roman really has a good ring to it for a team name. Shit like gladiators and centurions doesn’t sound right. Plenty of Colosseum stadiums out there. LA has the Forum, there’s the Aqueduct racetrack in NY. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49218598) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:08 PM Author: Saffron elastic band field Centurions and Legion would be good names (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49219923) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:05 PM Author: Tripping Vigorous Pisswyrm any given sunday had the NY Emperors and it sounded gay. so did the Dallas knights.
legion would be good for soccer i guess |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:21 AM Author: cyan milk How could you forget about the Rome Emperors?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Emperors |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 8:53 AM Author: cordovan pocket flask Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: razzmatazz giraffe Greeks and Norse = mythic warriors, Romans = empire-builders. U.S. sports culture wants the scrappers, not the empire. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49219402) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: sepia theatre you can’t build an empire through conquest without being great warriors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49219522) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: razzmatazz giraffe Which is why we have the Dallas Cowboys and not the Republican Congressmen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49219689) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: lemon community account business firm wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49222274) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:07 PM Author: dashing well-lubricated circlehead brunch The California Gays are a major team iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49221794) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:14 PM Author: Doobsian alcoholic lay 180 thread. You get lots of Trojans, Spartans, some Argonauts, occasional VAndals, Scots, Highlanders, VIkings, Norse. Weird ones like Britons and Saxons. But basically no Romans. Amazing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49221815) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: sepia theatre (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49221966) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: sepia theatre I guess maybe because they killed Christ and were therefore seen as villains when most US sports franchises and university athletic departments were created? only reason I can think of (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49222267) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: Unhinged principal's office The Cleveland Commoduses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49222287) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 4:21 PM Author: Crystalline naked church building wagecucks The same reason you don't have the Atlanta Jews or the Baltimore Christians (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#49222428) |
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Date: August 29th, 2026 4:29 PM Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, But see, In re Friars, Padres, Deacons, Crusaders, Angels, and Saints. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#50102090) |
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Date: August 29th, 2026 4:22 PM Author: Golf Wigger (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2],#50102080) |