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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: Twinkling Tank 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: Unholy territorial indian lodge mother 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 aquamarine national 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: odious hospital place of business 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: Charcoal Marketing Idea 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: Curious Slap-happy Personal Credit Line Boltzmann 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: galvanic kitty cat 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: Unholy territorial indian lodge mother 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: Twinkling Tank 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: excitant orchid bbw liquid oxygen 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: Chartreuse talented pisswyrm 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: Twinkling Tank 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: lavender cruel-hearted hell reading party NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: Twinkling Tank 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: Costumed Floppy Legal Warrant 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: Twinkling Tank 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: Costumed Floppy Legal Warrant 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: Infuriating wonderful bawdyhouse dopamine 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: Costumed Floppy Legal Warrant (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: Infuriating wonderful bawdyhouse dopamine (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: electric copper orchestra pit 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: Crusty jade university people who are hurt 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: lake location 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: Crusty jade university people who are hurt 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: Thriller friendly grandma 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: pearly vibrant electric furnace Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: fragrant aquamarine national 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: Twinkling Tank 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 aquamarine national 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: Curious Slap-happy Personal Credit Line Boltzmann 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: titillating up-to-no-good plaza 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: multi-colored henna newt doctorate 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: Twinkling Tank (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: Twinkling Tank 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: bronze concupiscible home 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: ruddy headpube 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) |