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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: Cobalt Bateful Main People 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: garnet bawdyhouse 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: slimy sienna skinny woman 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: Lime Dingle Berry Clown 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: Diverse pearl indian lodge 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: Orange beady-eyed business firm dopamine 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: concupiscible mint hell knife 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: garnet bawdyhouse 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: Cobalt Bateful Main People 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: cerebral reading party gas station 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: Narrow-minded electric locale 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: Cobalt Bateful Main People 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 corner NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: Cobalt Bateful Main People 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: Adventurous forum fanboi 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: Cobalt Bateful Main People 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: Adventurous forum fanboi 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: Dull soul-stirring plaza selfie 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: Adventurous forum fanboi (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: Dull soul-stirring plaza selfie (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: Chartreuse misanthropic stage 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: Slate alcoholic theater electric furnace 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: Talented Rambunctious Parlor 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: Slate alcoholic theater electric furnace 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: Tan famous landscape painting 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: passionate puce principal's office Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: slimy sienna skinny woman 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: Cobalt Bateful Main People 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: slimy sienna skinny woman 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: Orange beady-eyed business firm dopamine 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: flatulent light space 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: Chest-beating point 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: Cobalt Bateful Main People (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: Cobalt Bateful Main People 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: red arousing antidepressant drug 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: abusive halford coffee pot 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) |