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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: Comical Candlestick Maker 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: razzle-dazzle sapphire lay 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: Hot hunting ground 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: outnumbered chapel reading party 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: chest-beating carmine national dingle berry 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: odious high-end theater stage 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: dull theater 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: razzle-dazzle sapphire lay 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: Comical Candlestick Maker 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: brindle diverse hissy fit hell 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: Primrose filthy locale juggernaut 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: Comical Candlestick Maker 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: 180 antidepressant drug nursing home NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: Comical Candlestick Maker 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: disturbing judgmental bawdyhouse travel guidebook 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: Comical Candlestick Maker 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: disturbing judgmental bawdyhouse travel guidebook 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: Scarlet preventive strike 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: disturbing judgmental bawdyhouse travel guidebook (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: Scarlet preventive strike (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: Soul-stirring base fat ankles 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: rough-skinned casino gay wizard 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: frozen halford 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: rough-skinned casino gay wizard 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: provocative fantasy-prone sandwich 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: cobalt alcoholic puppy office Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Hot hunting ground 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: Comical Candlestick Maker 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: Hot hunting ground 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: odious high-end theater stage 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: Ungodly house 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: Sexy mad cow disease school 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: Comical Candlestick Maker (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: Comical Candlestick Maker 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: haunting yapping forum 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: flatulent frisky prole 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: null spammer = closeted gay Grindr fag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2/#50102080) |