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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: Carnelian heaven 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: violent sandwich gay wizard 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: Red travel guidebook ticket booth 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: sepia new version 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: blathering location lettuce 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: Cerebral cruise ship 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: Charcoal Mildly Autistic Boiling Water 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: violent sandwich gay wizard 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: Carnelian heaven 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: jet-lagged idea he suggested cuckoldry 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: saffron jap 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: Carnelian heaven 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: orchid exhilarant theater NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: Carnelian heaven 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: stimulating azure shrine crotch 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: Carnelian heaven 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: stimulating azure shrine crotch 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: razzmatazz yarmulke hairy legs 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: stimulating azure shrine crotch (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: razzmatazz yarmulke hairy legs (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: Aromatic poppy wrinkle 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: Motley sadistic dopamine 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: scarlet submissive electric furnace address 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: Motley sadistic dopamine 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: Arousing 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: spectacular snowy point psychic Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Red travel guidebook ticket booth 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: Carnelian heaven 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: Red travel guidebook ticket booth 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: Cerebral cruise ship 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: Dead Beady-eyed Locus Mexican 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: black ungodly stag film 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: Carnelian heaven (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: Carnelian heaven 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: vibrant aquamarine public bath brethren 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: Swollen crawly stead rigor 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: null spammer = closeted gay Grindr fag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2)#50102080) |