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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: At-the-ready motley nibblets school 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=2̃#49218557) |
Date: August 28th, 2025 3:56 AM Author: amber whorehouse ceo 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=2̃#49218558) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: Twisted hospital Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49219392) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: alcoholic national because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after niggistan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49218559) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:26 AM Author: Thriller aquamarine spot 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=2̃#49218604) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: drunken sapphire pervert range immigration from North Africa is how (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49222270) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: Nubile lodge international law enforcement agency 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=2̃#49218560) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:02 AM Author: amber whorehouse ceo Romulus and Remus would like a word (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49218562) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:47 AM Author: At-the-ready motley nibblets school That’s what he’s referring to dipshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49218575) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:49 AM Author: self-centered arrogant masturbator indirect expression How about I Trojan your ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49218581) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:16 AM Author: Slate orchestra pit dysfunction 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=2̃#49218599) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:34 PM Author: At-the-ready motley nibblets school Read up on the legend a bit more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49219518) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:33 AM Author: plum kitchen NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: At-the-ready motley nibblets school cr. forgot about them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49218590) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 7:51 PM Author: narrow-minded maroon mother meetinghouse OP said US sports teams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49220228) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: At-the-ready motley nibblets school 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=2̃#49222259) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: narrow-minded maroon mother meetinghouse no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49222271) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: Big Grizzly Forum Boltzmann Eat shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49222283) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:23 AM Author: narrow-minded maroon mother meetinghouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49218602) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: Big Grizzly Forum Boltzmann (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49219360) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:42 AM Author: Citrine rehab azn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49218580) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:11 AM Author: provocative pink fortuitous meteor 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=2̃#49218598) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:08 PM Author: Glassy Giraffe Market Centurions and Legion would be good names (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49219923) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:05 PM Author: provocative pink fortuitous meteor 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: pale blood rage 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: razzmatazz insane property shitlib Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Twisted hospital 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=2̃#49219402) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: At-the-ready motley nibblets school you can’t build an empire through conquest without being great warriors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49219522) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: Twisted hospital Which is why we have the Dallas Cowboys and not the Republican Congressmen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49219689) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: drunken sapphire pervert range wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49222274) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:07 PM Author: Lake goal in life native The California Gays are a major team iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49221794) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:14 PM Author: Crystalline police squad mexican 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=2̃#49221815) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: At-the-ready motley nibblets school (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49221966) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: At-the-ready motley nibblets school 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=2̃#49222267) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: Burgundy swollen public bath travel guidebook The Cleveland Commoduses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#49222287) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 4:21 PM Author: diverse friendly grandma famous landscape painting 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=2̃#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=2̃#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=2̃#50102080) |