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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: henna ratface 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? (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218557) |
Date: August 28th, 2025 3:56 AM Author: Sooty Excitant 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 (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218558) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: Violet place of business Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49219392) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: Cordovan floppy toilet seat because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after niggistan? (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218559) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:26 AM Author: gunneratttt (gunneratttt) how are the greeks less birdshit than romans? and what about all the teams named after injuns? (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218604) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: smoky boyish property hairy legs immigration from North Africa is how (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49222270) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: chrome startled therapy If you want to be pedantic the Aeneid makes the Trojans the founders of Rome. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218560) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:02 AM Author: Sooty Excitant Parlour Romulus and Remus would like a word (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218562) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:47 AM Author: henna ratface That’s what he’s referring to dipshit (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218575) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:49 AM Author: scarlet angry hunting ground whorehouse How about I Trojan your ass (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218581) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:16 AM Author: Apoplectic field digit ratio Not really. Romulus and Remus were not even born in Troy and were centuries after Aeneas. That’s the joke (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218599) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:34 PM Author: henna ratface Read up on the legend a bit more (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49219518) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:33 AM Author: charismatic maize 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: henna ratface cr. forgot about them (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218590) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 7:51 PM Author: Laughsome jet-lagged locus OP said US sports teams (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49220228) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: henna ratface by the powers vested in me as the OP I hereby declare the Ottawa Senators a credited response (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49222259) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: Laughsome jet-lagged locus no (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49222271) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: Pumonymous Eat shit (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49222283) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:23 AM Author: Laughsome jet-lagged locus (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218602) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: Pumonymous (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49219360) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:42 AM Author: slimy cyan keepsake machete https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218580) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:11 AM Author: misanthropic mentally impaired lodge 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. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218598) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:08 PM Author: Mahogany awkward hominid factory reset button Centurions and Legion would be good names (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49219923) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:05 PM Author: misanthropic mentally impaired lodge 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: Effete Ceo 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: Ruby beta faggotry Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Violet place of business Greeks and Norse = mythic warriors, Romans = empire-builders. U.S. sports culture wants the scrappers, not the empire. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49219402) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: henna ratface you can’t build an empire through conquest without being great warriors (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49219522) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: Violet place of business Which is why we have the Dallas Cowboys and not the Republican Congressmen (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49219689) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: smoky boyish property hairy legs wow (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49222274) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:07 PM Author: Fiercely-loyal Office Reading Party The California Gays are a major team iirc (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49221794) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:14 PM Author: Self-absorbed pearly indian lodge main people 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. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49221815) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: henna ratface (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49221966) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: henna ratface 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 (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49222267) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: pink black woman The Cleveland Commoduses (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49222287) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 4:21 PM Author: Electric costumed market halford The same reason you don't have the Atlanta Jews or the Baltimore Christians (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49222428) |
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Date: August 29th, 2026 4:29 PM Author: Magenta Arousing Theatre Kitty But see, In re Friars, Padres, Deacons, Crusaders, Angels, and Saints. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#50102090) |
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Date: August 29th, 2026 4:22 PM Author: henna ratface (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#50102080) |