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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: Bateful abnormal piazza 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=2в#49218557) |
Date: August 28th, 2025 3:56 AM Author: fuchsia coffee pot native 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=2в#49218558) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: milky flatulent gas station indirect expression Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49219392) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: Shimmering razzmatazz state preventive strike because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after niggistan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49218559) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:26 AM Author: Vibrant kink-friendly gay wizard 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=2в#49218604) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: Terry Bollea Did Nothing Wrong (TDNW) immigration from North Africa is how (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49222270) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: Bistre senate gunner 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=2в#49218560) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:02 AM Author: fuchsia coffee pot native Romulus and Remus would like a word (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49218562) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:47 AM Author: Bateful abnormal piazza That’s what he’s referring to dipshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49218575) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:49 AM Author: yapping corn cake How about I Trojan your ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49218581) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:16 AM Author: histrionic beta nibblets 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=2в#49218599) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:34 PM Author: Bateful abnormal piazza Read up on the legend a bit more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49219518) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:33 AM Author: exhilarant carmine dopamine kitty NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: Bateful abnormal piazza cr. forgot about them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49218590) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 7:51 PM Author: Aggressive theater stage circlehead OP said US sports teams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49220228) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: ,.,.,.,.,.,..,:,,:,,.,:::,.,,.,:.,,.:.,:.,:.::,. 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=2в#49222259) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: Cleaning the iPad with a jizz rag tp no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49222271) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: Pumonymous Eat shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49222283) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:23 AM Author: Aggressive theater stage circlehead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49218602) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: Indigo Deranged Hairy Legs Mental Disorder (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49219360) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:42 AM Author: excitant tanning salon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49218580) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:11 AM Author: dun fantasy-prone step-uncle's house 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=2в#49218598) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:08 PM Author: Pearly sadistic twinkling uncleanness Centurions and Legion would be good names (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49219923) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:05 PM Author: ....,.,.;;;,.,,:,.,.,::,...,..,:,..,.. 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: impressive rusted mediation 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: Galvanic juggernaut Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: milky flatulent gas station indirect expression 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=2в#49219402) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: Bateful abnormal piazza you can’t build an empire through conquest without being great warriors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49219522) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: milky flatulent gas station indirect expression Which is why we have the Dallas Cowboys and not the Republican Congressmen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49219689) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: Terry Bollea Did Nothing Wrong (TDNW) wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49222274) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:07 PM Author: the wages of tolerance The California Gays are a major team iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49221794) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:14 PM Author: lfo 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=2в#49221815) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: ,.,.,.,.,.,..,:,,:,,.,:::,.,,.,:.,,.:.,:.,:.::,. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49221966) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: ,.,.,.,.,.,..,:,,:,,.,:::,.,,.,:.,,.:.,:.,:.::,. 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=2в#49222267) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: '"'"'"''" The Cleveland Commoduses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2в#49222287) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 4:21 PM Author: Louis Poasteur 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=2в#49222428) |