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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: Thriller corn cake hall 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: lavender point genital piercing 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: self-absorbed weed whacker 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: Lemon Goal In Life Regret 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: Chartreuse mediation 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: razzle-dazzle macaca water buffalo 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: marvelous hyperventilating lay old irish cottage 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: lavender point genital piercing 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: Thriller corn cake hall 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: swashbuckling hospital 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: Judgmental effete tanning salon telephone 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: Thriller corn cake hall 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: geriatric ungodly jap NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: Thriller corn cake hall 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: Supple Partner 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: Thriller corn cake hall 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: Supple Partner 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: crimson hairraiser church 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: Supple Partner (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: crimson hairraiser church (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: Indigo gas station philosopher-king 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: Topaz Maniacal Mental Disorder 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: bright self-centered parlour prole 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: Topaz Maniacal Mental Disorder 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: Bespoke pit main people 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: mind-boggling citrine cumskin Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: self-absorbed weed whacker 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: Thriller corn cake hall 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: self-absorbed weed whacker 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: razzle-dazzle macaca water buffalo 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: talented flesh voyeur feces 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: cerebral locus gaming laptop 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: Thriller corn cake hall (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: Thriller corn cake hall 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: Fuchsia charismatic native half-breed 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: Fluffy Aggressive French Chef 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: null spammer = closeted Grindr fag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2̃#50102080) |