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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: passionate fortuitous meteor principal's office 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=2Vannesa#49218557) |
Date: August 28th, 2025 3:56 AM Author: mint tantric lettuce yarmulke 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=2Vannesa#49218558) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: Titillating Degenerate School Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49219392) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: crystalline theater chad because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after niggistan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49218559) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:26 AM Author: Rambunctious step-uncle's house ape 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=2Vannesa#49218604) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: wonderful chest-beating potus immigration from North Africa is how (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49222270) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: Primrose blathering hell 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=2Vannesa#49218560) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:02 AM Author: mint tantric lettuce yarmulke Romulus and Remus would like a word (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49218562) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:47 AM Author: passionate fortuitous meteor principal's office That’s what he’s referring to dipshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49218575) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:49 AM Author: cruel-hearted razzle home nibblets How about I Trojan your ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49218581) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:16 AM Author: Slate twisted sanctuary kitty cat 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=2Vannesa#49218599) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:34 PM Author: passionate fortuitous meteor principal's office Read up on the legend a bit more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49219518) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:33 AM Author: Filthy purple address cuck NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: passionate fortuitous meteor principal's office cr. forgot about them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49218590) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 7:51 PM Author: Jade travel guidebook market OP said US sports teams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49220228) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: passionate fortuitous meteor principal's office 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=2Vannesa#49222259) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: Jade travel guidebook market no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49222271) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: stubborn ivory jap Eat shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49222283) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:23 AM Author: Jade travel guidebook market (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49218602) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: stubborn ivory jap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49219360) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:42 AM Author: flickering den https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49218580) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:11 AM Author: domesticated fragrant pit french chef 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=2Vannesa#49218598) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:08 PM Author: Irradiated Main People Heaven Centurions and Legion would be good names (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49219923) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:05 PM Author: domesticated fragrant pit french chef 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: Know-it-all self-centered liquid oxygen stag film 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: Ruddy scourge upon the earth Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Titillating Degenerate School 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=2Vannesa#49219402) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: passionate fortuitous meteor principal's office you can’t build an empire through conquest without being great warriors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49219522) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: Titillating Degenerate School Which is why we have the Dallas Cowboys and not the Republican Congressmen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49219689) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: wonderful chest-beating potus wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49222274) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:07 PM Author: Bat-shit-crazy Feces The California Gays are a major team iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49221794) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:14 PM Author: Glittery crawly mother 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=2Vannesa#49221815) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: passionate fortuitous meteor principal's office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49221966) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: passionate fortuitous meteor principal's office 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=2Vannesa#49222267) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: Buck-toothed Green Chapel Therapy The Cleveland Commoduses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#49222287) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 4:21 PM Author: painfully honest garrison 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=2Vannesa#49222428) |
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Date: August 29th, 2026 4:29 PM Author: Exciting Pistol But see, In re Friars, Padres, Deacons, Crusaders, Angels, and Saints. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#50102090) |
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Date: August 29th, 2026 4:22 PM Author: passionate fortuitous meteor principal's office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Vannesa#50102080) |