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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: mauve contagious shrine 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,#49218557) |
Date: August 28th, 2025 3:56 AM Author: Cobalt public bath dog poop 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,#49218558) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: Curious stage sweet tailpipe Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49219392) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: sick poppy senate coldplay fan because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after niggistan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49218559) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:26 AM Author: Henna soul-stirring lay 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,#49218604) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: Vigorous Stage Faggot Firefighter immigration from North Africa is how (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49222270) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: passionate magical garrison 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,#49218560) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:02 AM Author: Cobalt public bath dog poop Romulus and Remus would like a word (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49218562) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:47 AM Author: mauve contagious shrine That’s what he’s referring to dipshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49218575) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:49 AM Author: Provocative Turquoise Crotch How about I Trojan your ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49218581) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:16 AM Author: deep violet nursing home bbw 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,#49218599) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:34 PM Author: mauve contagious shrine Read up on the legend a bit more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49219518) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:33 AM Author: Razzle-dazzle brethren step-uncle's house NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: mauve contagious shrine cr. forgot about them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49218590) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 7:51 PM Author: heady half-breed abode OP said US sports teams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49220228) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: mauve contagious shrine 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,#49222259) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: heady half-breed abode no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49222271) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: Dead Ebony Theater Stage Eat shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49222283) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:23 AM Author: heady half-breed abode (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49218602) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: Dead Ebony Theater Stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49219360) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:42 AM Author: Rough-skinned Exhilarant Philosopher-king https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49218580) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:11 AM Author: Thriller whorehouse boiling water 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,#49218598) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:08 PM Author: Salmon wild yarmulke field Centurions and Legion would be good names (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49219923) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:05 PM Author: Thriller whorehouse boiling water 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: laughsome learning disabled lodge hominid 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: dull filthpig Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Curious stage sweet tailpipe 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,#49219402) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: mauve contagious shrine you can’t build an empire through conquest without being great warriors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49219522) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: Curious stage sweet tailpipe 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,#49219689) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: Vigorous Stage Faggot Firefighter wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49222274) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:07 PM Author: mind-boggling topaz range The California Gays are a major team iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49221794) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:14 PM Author: Gaped international law enforcement agency 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,#49221815) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: mauve contagious shrine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49221966) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: mauve contagious shrine 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,#49222267) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: Abusive Big Pit Pisswyrm The Cleveland Commoduses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2,#49222287) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 4:21 PM Author: Coral Institution 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,#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,#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,#50102080) |