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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: rose gay wizard half-breed 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: lime slimy kitchen 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: fragrant slippery set 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 party of the first part 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: Exhilarant Sapphire Location 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: very tactful locale 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: Chocolate Foreskin Clown 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: lime slimy kitchen 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: rose gay wizard half-breed 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: Charismatic friendly grandma 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: Avocado faggotry theater 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: rose gay wizard half-breed 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: aphrodisiac goyim NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: rose gay wizard half-breed 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: jade fortuitous meteor athletic conference 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: rose gay wizard half-breed 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: jade fortuitous meteor athletic conference 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: exciting address police squad 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: jade fortuitous meteor athletic conference (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: exciting address police squad (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: frisky multi-colored cruise ship 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: marvelous crackhouse ratface 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: fiercely-loyal striped hyena stead 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: marvelous crackhouse ratface 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: Out-of-control preventive strike 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: Spectacular stage Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: fragrant slippery set 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: rose gay wizard half-breed 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: fragrant slippery set 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: very tactful locale 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: olive doctorate dingle berry 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: Crimson confused school 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: rose gay wizard half-breed (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: rose gay wizard half-breed 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: salmon lodge 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: Lascivious Beta Mad Cow Disease 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) |