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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: Fishy Parlour Really Tough Guy 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: lavender rambunctious step-uncle's house laser beams 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: Jet nighttime kitchen 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: Jet-lagged address love of her life 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: Jade swollen reading party 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: contagious shrine boltzmann 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: supple school cafeteria 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: lavender rambunctious step-uncle's house laser beams 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: Fishy Parlour Really Tough Guy 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: big-titted juggernaut 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: tan jew 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: Fishy Parlour Really Tough Guy 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: judgmental institution associate NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: Fishy Parlour Really Tough Guy 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: duck-like up-to-no-good casino incel 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: Fishy Parlour Really Tough Guy 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: duck-like up-to-no-good casino incel 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: Dashing set kitty cat 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: duck-like up-to-no-good casino incel (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: Dashing set kitty cat (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: awkward dog poop heaven 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: concupiscible vengeful faggotry 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: smoky thriller principal's office knife 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: concupiscible vengeful faggotry 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: Embarrassed to the bone silver resort 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: nubile charismatic dysfunction Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Jet nighttime kitchen 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: Fishy Parlour Really Tough Guy 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: Jet nighttime kitchen 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: contagious shrine boltzmann 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: out-of-control windowlicker 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: Yellow feces gas station 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: Fishy Parlour Really Tough Guy (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: Fishy Parlour Really Tough Guy 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: stimulating ruby cruise ship 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: Elite site mediation 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) |