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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: Maniacal Motley French Chef Boistinker 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: dull windowlicker 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: alcoholic out-of-control karate 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: bespoke exciting trump supporter library 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: swashbuckling lake immigrant 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: talented low-t hunting ground crackhouse 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: hateful field 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: dull windowlicker 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: Maniacal Motley French Chef Boistinker 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: mint sadistic cuck corner 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: vermilion pit 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: Maniacal Motley French Chef Boistinker 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: bateful copper rigor abode NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: Maniacal Motley French Chef Boistinker 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: titillating alpha circlehead 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: Maniacal Motley French Chef Boistinker 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: titillating alpha circlehead 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: mahogany degenerate 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: titillating alpha circlehead (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: mahogany degenerate (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: umber business firm 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: Razzmatazz garnet range azn 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: contagious chest-beating tank meetinghouse 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: Razzmatazz garnet range azn 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: erotic partner pervert 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: Aromatic godawful kitty locale Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: alcoholic out-of-control karate 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: Maniacal Motley French Chef Boistinker 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: alcoholic out-of-control karate 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: talented low-t hunting ground crackhouse 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: Transparent point useless brakes 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: Tan private investor 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: Maniacal Motley French Chef Boistinker (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: Maniacal Motley French Chef Boistinker 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: Ocher vibrant university ratface 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: vivacious parlor 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) |