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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: Wild sienna whorehouse 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: cracking free-loading stock car 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: trip copper toaster giraffe 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: pearl odious set 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: Titillating love of her life school 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: Cheese-eating shitlib 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: Laughsome reading party 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: cracking free-loading stock car 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: Wild sienna whorehouse 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: Brass Fat Ankles 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: Deranged hot trust fund hell 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: Wild sienna whorehouse 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: Bistre pistol NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: Wild sienna whorehouse 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: provocative tank forum 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: Wild sienna whorehouse 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: provocative tank forum 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: Pontificating primrose newt 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: provocative tank forum (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: Pontificating primrose newt (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: galvanic dilemma striped hyena 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: Pea-brained idiot 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: bespoke bronze really tough guy 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: Pea-brained idiot 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: mint hospital 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: Hilarious faggotry gaping Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: trip copper toaster giraffe 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: Wild sienna whorehouse 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: trip copper toaster giraffe 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: Cheese-eating shitlib 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: Stimulating Coiffed Theatre Patrolman 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: Flatulent big corn cake 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: Wild sienna whorehouse (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: Wild sienna whorehouse 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: umber indirect expression selfie 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: Fragrant Balding Prole Cruise Ship 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) |