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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: lavender market coldplay fan 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: Razzmatazz cyan site toaster 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: Cordovan dashing property foreskin 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: Mentally Impaired Out-of-control Cuck 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: Maniacal Hyperventilating Keepsake Machete 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: Saffron razzle point 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: Buff Theatre Ratface 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: Razzmatazz cyan site toaster 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: lavender market coldplay fan 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: very tactful area degenerate 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: pea-brained arrogant school 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: lavender market coldplay fan 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: multi-colored clear new version NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: lavender market coldplay fan 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: Milky home 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: lavender market coldplay fan 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: Milky home 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: obsidian hairy legs menage 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: Milky home (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: obsidian hairy legs menage (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: stirring masturbator stage 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: Lascivious twinkling tank 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: Translucent Swashbuckling Lodge Son Of Senegal 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: Lascivious twinkling tank 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: adventurous dead patrolman circlehead 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: spruce yapping spot headpube Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Cordovan dashing property foreskin 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: lavender market coldplay fan 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: Cordovan dashing property foreskin 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: Saffron razzle point 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: bearded trust fund 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: brass pungent coffee pot resort 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: lavender market coldplay fan (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: lavender market coldplay fan 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: Demanding Sooty Station 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: Cobalt Talented Sweet Tailpipe 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) |