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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: scarlet locus 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: Dun thriller shrine 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: vibrant fishy turdskin 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: hairraiser pontificating old irish cottage sweet tailpipe 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: Up-to-no-good box office mother 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: jade coiffed orchestra pit liquid oxygen 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: Dun thriller shrine 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: scarlet locus 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: Cerise Famous Landscape Painting 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: Lavender house 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: scarlet locus 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: Mint sickened roommate NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: scarlet locus 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: chrome hominid kitty 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: scarlet locus 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: chrome hominid kitty 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: chrome hominid kitty (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: Nofapping Elastic Band 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: Bonkers Nowag 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: histrionic shimmering pistol 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: Bonkers Nowag 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: disgusting tan church building cuckold 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: boyish apoplectic filthpig Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: vibrant fishy turdskin 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: scarlet locus 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: vibrant fishy turdskin 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: Up-to-no-good box office mother 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: pearl aggressive hall half-breed 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: Copper fluffy ticket booth rigor 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: scarlet locus (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49221966) |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: scarlet locus 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: Vermilion gaped love of her life center 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: Misanthropic galvanic station 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: carmine at-the-ready indirect expression spot 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: scarlet locus (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#50102080) |