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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: arousing cumskin kitty cat 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=2#49218557) |
Date: August 28th, 2025 3:56 AM Author: Fragrant Locale 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=2#49218558) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:48 PM Author: Hot area dog poop Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49219392) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: Deep umber goal in life laser beams because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after niggistan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218559) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:26 AM Author: henna pocket flask 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=2#49218604) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: Outnumbered territorial university kitty immigration from North Africa is how (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49222270) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:59 AM Author: talking black affirmative action place of business 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=2#49218560) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:02 AM Author: Fragrant Locale Romulus and Remus would like a word (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218562) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 4:47 AM Author: arousing cumskin kitty cat That’s what he’s referring to dipshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218575) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:49 AM Author: lime athletic conference orchestra pit How about I Trojan your ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218581) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:16 AM Author: buff space 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=2#49218599) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:34 PM Author: arousing cumskin kitty cat Read up on the legend a bit more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49219518) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:33 AM Author: idiotic indigo degenerate NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: arousing cumskin kitty cat cr. forgot about them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218590) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 7:51 PM Author: Violet Cracking Range OP said US sports teams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49220228) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:53 PM Author: arousing cumskin kitty cat 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=2#49222259) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:56 PM Author: Violet Cracking Range no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49222271) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: Sable box office Eat shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49222283) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:23 AM Author: Violet Cracking Range (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218602) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:29 PM Author: Sable box office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49219360) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:42 AM Author: Vivacious national security agency public bath https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218580) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:11 AM Author: vibrant awkward school 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=2#49218598) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 5:08 PM Author: slippery marvelous center dopamine Centurions and Legion would be good names (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49219923) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:05 PM Author: vibrant awkward school 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: Mahogany church volcanic crater 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: milky institution Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Hot area dog poop 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=2#49219402) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: arousing cumskin kitty cat you can’t build an empire through conquest without being great warriors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49219522) |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: Hot area dog poop Which is why we have the Dallas Cowboys and not the Republican Congressmen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49219689) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: Outnumbered territorial university kitty wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49222274) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:07 PM Author: apoplectic mildly autistic hospital factory reset button The California Gays are a major team iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49221794) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 12:14 PM Author: Concupiscible offensive heaven milk 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=2#49221815) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: arousing cumskin kitty cat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49221966) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: arousing cumskin kitty cat 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=2#49222267) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: Titillating ocher mood The Cleveland Commoduses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49222287) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 4:21 PM Author: Mauve free-loading fortuitous meteor trailer park 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=2#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=2#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=2#50102080) |