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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: adventurous snowy shrine ape 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=2Elisa#49218557) |
Date: August 28th, 2025 3:56 AM Author: Chartreuse comical sneaky criminal 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=2Elisa#49218558) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: dark field wrinkle Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49219392) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: pearly area because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after niggistan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49218559) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:26 AM Author: avocado ratface locus 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=2Elisa#49218604) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: Ocher unholy personal credit line immigration from North Africa is how (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49222270) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: Talented abnormal lodge cuckoldry 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=2Elisa#49218560) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:02 AM Author: Chartreuse comical sneaky criminal Romulus and Remus would like a word (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49218562) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:47 AM Author: adventurous snowy shrine ape That’s what he’s referring to dipshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49218575) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:49 AM Author: frum soul-stirring toilet seat persian How about I Trojan your ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49218581) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:16 AM Author: Adulterous cracking lettuce 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=2Elisa#49218599) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:34 PM Author: adventurous snowy shrine ape Read up on the legend a bit more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49219518) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:33 AM Author: multi-colored piazza NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: adventurous snowy shrine ape cr. forgot about them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49218590) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 7:51 PM Author: irradiated blathering dog poop OP said US sports teams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49220228) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: adventurous snowy shrine ape 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=2Elisa#49222259) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: irradiated blathering dog poop no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49222271) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: Translucent Degenerate Eat shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49222283) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:23 AM Author: irradiated blathering dog poop (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49218602) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: Translucent Degenerate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49219360) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:42 AM Author: House-broken narrow-minded school https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49218580) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:11 AM Author: marvelous puppy blood rage 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=2Elisa#49218598) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:08 PM Author: fighting cuck heaven Centurions and Legion would be good names (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49219923) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:05 PM Author: marvelous puppy blood rage 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: floppy turquoise step-uncle's house 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: Doobsian Galvanic Friendly Grandma Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: dark field wrinkle 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=2Elisa#49219402) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: adventurous snowy shrine ape you can’t build an empire through conquest without being great warriors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49219522) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: dark field wrinkle Which is why we have the Dallas Cowboys and not the Republican Congressmen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49219689) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: Ocher unholy personal credit line wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49222274) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:07 PM Author: bisexual trust fund state The California Gays are a major team iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49221794) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:14 PM Author: odious useless temple yarmulke 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=2Elisa#49221815) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: adventurous snowy shrine ape (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49221966) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: adventurous snowy shrine ape 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=2Elisa#49222267) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: Sable Nudist Library The Cleveland Commoduses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Elisa#49222287) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 4:21 PM Author: garnet abode water buffalo 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=2Elisa#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=2Elisa#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=2Elisa#50102080) |