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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: bronze hyperactive shrine windowlicker 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...id..#49218557) |
Date: August 28th, 2025 3:56 AM Author: Dashing Azure Twinkling Uncleanness Indirect Expression 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...id..#49218558) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: light black woman Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49219392) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: wonderful deep theater stage sandwich because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after niggistan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49218559) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:26 AM Author: trip trailer park 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...id..#49218604) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: aquamarine ticket booth volcanic crater immigration from North Africa is how (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49222270) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: opaque station toaster 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...id..#49218560) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:02 AM Author: Dashing Azure Twinkling Uncleanness Indirect Expression Romulus and Remus would like a word (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49218562) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:47 AM Author: bronze hyperactive shrine windowlicker That’s what he’s referring to dipshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49218575) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:49 AM Author: canary native How about I Trojan your ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49218581) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:16 AM Author: copper hairraiser business firm 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...id..#49218599) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:34 PM Author: bronze hyperactive shrine windowlicker Read up on the legend a bit more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49219518) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:33 AM Author: Glassy state NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: bronze hyperactive shrine windowlicker cr. forgot about them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49218590) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 7:51 PM Author: Cream excitant parlor liquid oxygen OP said US sports teams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49220228) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: bronze hyperactive shrine windowlicker 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...id..#49222259) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: Cream excitant parlor liquid oxygen no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49222271) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: charismatic preventive strike Eat shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49222283) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:23 AM Author: Cream excitant parlor liquid oxygen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49218602) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: charismatic preventive strike (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49219360) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:42 AM Author: razzle-dazzle crackhouse https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49218580) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:11 AM Author: maize shaky mediation 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...id..#49218598) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:08 PM Author: comical ruddy jew Centurions and Legion would be good names (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49219923) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:05 PM Author: maize shaky mediation 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: Gay bearded jewess water buffalo 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: Emerald Vivacious Church Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: light black woman 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...id..#49219402) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: bronze hyperactive shrine windowlicker you can’t build an empire through conquest without being great warriors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49219522) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: light black woman 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...id..#49219689) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: aquamarine ticket booth volcanic crater wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49222274) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:07 PM Author: Red toilet seat stage The California Gays are a major team iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49221794) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:14 PM Author: multi-colored indigo genital piercing 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...id..#49221815) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: bronze hyperactive shrine windowlicker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49221966) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: bronze hyperactive shrine windowlicker 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...id..#49222267) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: Khaki Theatre Cuckold The Cleveland Commoduses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2...id..#49222287) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 4:21 PM Author: Hyperventilating national 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...id..#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...id..#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...id..#50102080) |