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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: bonkers walnut weed whacker range 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: electric potus rigpig 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: Self-absorbed haunting home half-breed 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: Wine office jewess 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: Primrose Puppy 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: Chartreuse Bawdyhouse 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: Twisted sadistic fanboi 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: electric potus rigpig 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: bonkers walnut weed whacker range 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: drab stead indirect expression 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: coral casino 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: bonkers walnut weed whacker range 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: Dashing slimy area NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: bonkers walnut weed whacker range 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: Wonderful private investor organic girlfriend 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: bonkers walnut weed whacker range 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: Wonderful private investor organic girlfriend 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: Passionate School 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: Wonderful private investor organic girlfriend (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: Passionate School (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: Beta rehab candlestick maker 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: spruce sinister school cafeteria black woman 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: Histrionic new version sex offender 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: spruce sinister school cafeteria black woman 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: sexy station 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: Buck-toothed Hunting Ground Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Self-absorbed haunting home half-breed 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: bonkers walnut weed whacker range 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: Self-absorbed haunting home half-breed 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: Chartreuse Bawdyhouse 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: confused filthy set 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: diverse ticket booth mediation 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: bonkers walnut weed whacker range (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: bonkers walnut weed whacker range 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: lascivious narrow-minded theater knife 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: Arousing voyeur 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) |