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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: Hideous alcoholic theatre 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: big cordovan mad-dog skullcap 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: Trip sex offender 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: Titillating resort 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: floppy parlor trust fund 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: Maniacal contagious ladyboy 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: Concupiscible Insanely Creepy Faggotry 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: big cordovan mad-dog skullcap 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: Hideous alcoholic theatre 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: Obsidian Boltzmann Institution 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: Anal hyperactive toilet seat pervert 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: Hideous alcoholic theatre 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: Pearl headpube NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: Hideous alcoholic theatre 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: fragrant hot whorehouse hunting ground 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: Hideous alcoholic theatre 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: fragrant hot whorehouse hunting ground 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 Chest-beating Den Crotch 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: fragrant hot whorehouse hunting ground (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 Chest-beating Den Crotch (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: medicated halford roommate 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: Excitant nibblets 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: Passionate flickering indian lodge toaster 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: Excitant nibblets 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: vibrant copper personal credit line abode 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: soul-stirring background story meetinghouse Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Trip sex offender 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: Hideous alcoholic theatre 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: Trip sex offender 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: Maniacal contagious ladyboy 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: carnelian galvanic generalized bond space 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: Electric cream black woman 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: Hideous alcoholic theatre (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: Hideous alcoholic theatre 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 violent gas station police squad 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: Sooty Stimulating International Law Enforcement Agency Kitty Cat 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) |