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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: swashbuckling duck-like casino boiling water 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=2E#49218557) |
Date: August 28th, 2025 3:56 AM Author: topaz dilemma 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=2E#49218558) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: Appetizing Balding Becky Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49219392) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: aromatic pea-brained yarmulke because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after niggistan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49218559) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:26 AM Author: milky hairraiser psychic mood 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=2E#49218604) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: vibrant angry trump supporter selfie immigration from North Africa is how (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49222270) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: glittery principal's office 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=2E#49218560) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:02 AM Author: topaz dilemma Romulus and Remus would like a word (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49218562) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:47 AM Author: swashbuckling duck-like casino boiling water That’s what he’s referring to dipshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49218575) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:49 AM Author: Razzle orchid home How about I Trojan your ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49218581) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:16 AM Author: nofapping abusive chad orchestra 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=2E#49218599) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:34 PM Author: swashbuckling duck-like casino boiling water Read up on the legend a bit more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49219518) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:33 AM Author: exhilarant magenta striped hyena water buffalo NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: swashbuckling duck-like casino boiling water cr. forgot about them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49218590) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 7:51 PM Author: Thriller clown OP said US sports teams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49220228) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: swashbuckling duck-like casino boiling water 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=2E#49222259) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: Thriller clown no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49222271) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: painfully honest hall incel Eat shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49222283) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:23 AM Author: Thriller clown (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49218602) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: painfully honest hall incel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49219360) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:42 AM Author: lilac bonkers piazza degenerate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49218580) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:11 AM Author: effete native 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=2E#49218598) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:08 PM Author: Chartreuse nibblets Centurions and Legion would be good names (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49219923) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:05 PM Author: effete native 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: turquoise sweet tailpipe prole 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: cocky electric lodge Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Appetizing Balding Becky 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=2E#49219402) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: swashbuckling duck-like casino boiling water you can’t build an empire through conquest without being great warriors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49219522) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: Appetizing Balding Becky Which is why we have the Dallas Cowboys and not the Republican Congressmen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49219689) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: vibrant angry trump supporter selfie wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49222274) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:07 PM Author: nubile boyish parlour boistinker The California Gays are a major team iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49221794) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:14 PM Author: maize dashing crotch 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=2E#49221815) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: swashbuckling duck-like casino boiling water (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49221966) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: swashbuckling duck-like casino boiling water 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=2E#49222267) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: up-to-no-good mexican The Cleveland Commoduses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2E#49222287) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 4:21 PM Author: titillating property 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=2E#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=2E#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=2E#50102080) |