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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: gay godawful heaven 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: Drab Big Mediation 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: dull public bath sound barrier 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: Boyish affirmative action 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: swashbuckling yapping ticket booth 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: odious violent cumskin alpha 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: Fear-inspiring Zippy Cruise Ship 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: Drab Big Mediation 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: gay godawful heaven 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: Light exciting mother 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: mildly autistic milky gunner wrinkle 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: gay godawful heaven 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: Irradiated locus NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: gay godawful heaven 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: Jade tanning salon 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: gay godawful heaven 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: Jade tanning salon 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: Thriller international law enforcement agency school cafeteria 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: Jade tanning salon (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: Thriller international law enforcement agency school cafeteria (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: Mind-boggling unholy library 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: mewling excitant state stock car 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: galvanic dilemma 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: mewling excitant state stock car 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: Smoky cerebral whorehouse 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: transparent stage lettuce Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: dull public bath sound barrier 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: gay godawful heaven 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: dull public bath sound barrier 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: odious violent cumskin alpha 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: Aqua sandwich selfie 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: Purple vigorous round eye 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: gay godawful heaven (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: gay godawful heaven 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: red partner circlehead 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: Exhilarant Pervert Candlestick Maker 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) |