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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: hateful filthpig 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=2Reputation#49218557) |
Date: August 28th, 2025 3:56 AM Author: charismatic sepia locus water buffalo 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=2Reputation#49218558) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: salmon fantasy-prone stage Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49219392) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: splenetic nursing home affirmative action because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after niggistan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218559) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:26 AM Author: Hairraiser Step-uncle's House Macaca 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=2Reputation#49218604) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: big umber patrolman selfie immigration from North Africa is how (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49222270) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: iridescent insane roommate 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=2Reputation#49218560) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:02 AM Author: charismatic sepia locus water buffalo Romulus and Remus would like a word (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218562) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:47 AM Author: hateful filthpig That’s what he’s referring to dipshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218575) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:49 AM Author: Poppy flatulent site How about I Trojan your ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218581) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:16 AM Author: shaky depressive 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=2Reputation#49218599) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:34 PM Author: hateful filthpig Read up on the legend a bit more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49219518) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:33 AM Author: Contagious green bawdyhouse NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: hateful filthpig cr. forgot about them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218590) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 7:51 PM Author: Translucent Twisted Tanning Salon OP said US sports teams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49220228) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: hateful filthpig 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=2Reputation#49222259) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: Translucent Twisted Tanning Salon no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49222271) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: bossy vengeful yarmulke library Eat shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49222283) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:23 AM Author: Translucent Twisted Tanning Salon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218602) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: bossy vengeful yarmulke library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49219360) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:42 AM Author: Metal elastic band hospital https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218580) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:11 AM Author: heady ticket booth friendly grandma 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=2Reputation#49218598) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:08 PM Author: Talented range mexican Centurions and Legion would be good names (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49219923) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:05 PM Author: heady ticket booth friendly grandma 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: appetizing maroon hall mental disorder 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: milky hell Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: salmon fantasy-prone stage 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=2Reputation#49219402) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: hateful filthpig you can’t build an empire through conquest without being great warriors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49219522) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: salmon fantasy-prone stage Which is why we have the Dallas Cowboys and not the Republican Congressmen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49219689) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: big umber patrolman selfie wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49222274) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:07 PM Author: jade passionate place of business pistol The California Gays are a major team iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49221794) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:14 PM Author: Cracking Duck-like Crackhouse Boltzmann 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=2Reputation#49221815) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: hateful filthpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49221966) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: hateful filthpig 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=2Reputation#49222267) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: Fragrant pearly whorehouse The Cleveland Commoduses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49222287) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 4:21 PM Author: brilliant resort 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=2Reputation#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=2Reputation#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=2Reputation#50102080) |