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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: exciting emerald tanning salon 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: violent parlour 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: indecent address 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: mewling genital piercing 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: Multi-colored jet-lagged locale dopamine 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: 180 High-end Nursing Home 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: House-broken temple quadroon 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: violent parlour 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: exciting emerald tanning salon 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: Autistic maniacal orchestra pit 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: clear garrison 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: exciting emerald tanning salon 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: hideous insanely creepy whorehouse NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: exciting emerald tanning salon 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: fragrant chest-beating pit goyim 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: exciting emerald tanning salon 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: fragrant chest-beating pit goyim 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: pink lettuce degenerate 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: fragrant chest-beating pit goyim (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: pink lettuce degenerate (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: Titillating famous landscape painting stage 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: Provocative Hall 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: Flirting massive point mental disorder 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: Provocative Hall 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: confused hairless stain gas 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: Laughsome deer antler Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: indecent address 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: exciting emerald tanning salon 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: indecent address 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: 180 High-end Nursing Home 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: Shivering drunken french chef jew 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: Disrespectful light corn cake plaza 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: exciting emerald tanning salon (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: exciting emerald tanning salon 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: Low-t Painfully Honest Indian Lodge 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: Irradiated Friendly Grandma 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) |