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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: Sepia mewling lay electric furnace 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=2Reputation#49218557) |
Date: August 28th, 2025 3:56 AM Author: irradiated nubile sandwich 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=2Reputation#49218558) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: Aromatic Buff Volcanic Crater Lodge Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49219392) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: Bull headed associate hall because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after niggistan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218559) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:26 AM Author: nudist hell 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=2Reputation#49218604) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: cracking round eye therapy immigration from North Africa is how (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49222270) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: Clear Appetizing Address 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=2Reputation#49218560) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:02 AM Author: irradiated nubile sandwich Romulus and Remus would like a word (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218562) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:47 AM Author: Sepia mewling lay electric furnace That’s what he’s referring to dipshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218575) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:49 AM Author: indecent dilemma background story How about I Trojan your ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218581) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:16 AM Author: Soul-stirring Cowardly Potus Rigpig 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=2Reputation#49218599) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:34 PM Author: Sepia mewling lay electric furnace Read up on the legend a bit more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49219518) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:33 AM Author: arrogant wonderful field chad NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: Sepia mewling lay electric furnace cr. forgot about them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218590) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 7:51 PM Author: Racy jade depressive corner OP said US sports teams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49220228) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: Sepia mewling lay electric furnace 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=2Reputation#49222259) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: Racy jade depressive corner no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49222271) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: internet-worthy coldplay fan bbw Eat shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49222283) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:23 AM Author: Racy jade depressive corner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218602) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: internet-worthy coldplay fan bbw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49219360) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:42 AM Author: Vivacious resort dysfunction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49218580) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:11 AM Author: claret range stain 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=2Reputation#49218598) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:08 PM Author: flesh hospital Centurions and Legion would be good names (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49219923) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:05 PM Author: claret range stain 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: razzmatazz garrison milk 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: sienna vengeful abode preventive strike Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Aromatic Buff Volcanic Crater Lodge 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=2Reputation#49219402) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: Sepia mewling lay electric furnace you can’t build an empire through conquest without being great warriors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49219522) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: Aromatic Buff Volcanic Crater Lodge Which is why we have the Dallas Cowboys and not the Republican Congressmen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49219689) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: cracking round eye therapy wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49222274) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:07 PM Author: Cocky Native Queen Of The Night The California Gays are a major team iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49221794) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:14 PM Author: Cyan house 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=2Reputation#49221815) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: Sepia mewling lay electric furnace (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49221966) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: Sepia mewling lay electric furnace 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=2Reputation#49222267) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: Brindle Big-titted Mood Center The Cleveland Commoduses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2Reputation#49222287) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 4:21 PM Author: chest-beating menage 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=2Reputation#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=2Reputation#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=2Reputation#50102080) |