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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: irate swollen garrison 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: aphrodisiac twinkling feces 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: puce affirmative action 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: ebony arousing bawdyhouse 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: boyish fuchsia point 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: milky legend 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: Free-loading forum windowlicker 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: aphrodisiac twinkling feces 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: irate swollen garrison 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: Multi-colored unhinged headpube fortuitous meteor 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: Excitant masturbator ticket booth 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: irate swollen garrison 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: Saffron resort NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: irate swollen garrison 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: Odious trust fund 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: irate swollen garrison 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: Odious trust fund 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: shaky crimson juggernaut 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: Odious trust fund (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: shaky crimson juggernaut (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: Charismatic locus alpha 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: Silver Market 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: talented mother 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: Silver Market 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: Disgusting 180 national 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: crystalline abode Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: puce affirmative action 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: irate swollen garrison 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: puce affirmative action 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: milky legend 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: razzle-dazzle twisted institution roast beef 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: nofapping chest-beating 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: irate swollen garrison (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: irate swollen garrison 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: Submissive amber cuckold son of senegal 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: insanely creepy dilemma 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) |