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Why are no US sports teams named after the Romans?

There are many named after the Greeks (Trojans, Spartans, Ti...
Odious onyx school cafeteria
  08/28/25
I was sure this is wrong but after thinking and googling the...
Massive motley whorehouse
  08/28/25
Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point
Crimson beta area
  08/28/25
because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after...
Tan floppy coldplay fan
  08/28/25
how are the greeks less birdshit than romans? and what about...
Green Arousing Brethren
  08/28/25
immigration from North Africa is how
Topaz excitant potus boistinker
  08/29/25
If you want to be pedantic the Aeneid makes the Trojans the ...
charismatic charcoal queen of the night
  08/28/25
Romulus and Remus would like a word
Massive motley whorehouse
  08/28/25
That’s what he’s referring to dipshit
Odious onyx school cafeteria
  08/28/25
How about I Trojan your ass
At-the-ready heaven pisswyrm
  08/28/25
Not really. Romulus and Remus were not even born in Troy and...
garnet resort voyeur
  08/28/25
Read up on the legend a bit more
Odious onyx school cafeteria
  08/28/25
NHL does in Canada https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otta...
twinkling field main people
  08/28/25
cr. forgot about them
Odious onyx school cafeteria
  08/28/25
OP said US sports teams
provocative principal's office
  08/28/25
by the powers vested in me as the OP I hereby declare the Ot...
Odious onyx school cafeteria
  08/29/25
no
provocative principal's office
  08/29/25
Eat shit
Hairraiser thirsty pozpig
  08/29/25
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provocative principal's office
  08/28/25
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Hairraiser thirsty pozpig
  08/28/25
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators
Autistic becky
  08/28/25
nothing roman really has a good ring to it for a team name. ...
Ebony tank ticket booth
  08/28/25
Centurions and Legion would be good names
sapphire brunch persian
  08/28/25
any given sunday had the NY Emperors and it sounded gay. so ...
Ebony tank ticket booth
  08/29/25
How could you forget about the Rome Emperors? https://en....
stubborn den digit ratio
  08/28/25
Op pwned. Growing a beard. https://www.centurapride.com/
Cruel-hearted Exhilarant Church Building
  08/28/25
Greeks and Norse = mythic warriors, Romans = empire-builders...
Crimson beta area
  08/28/25
you can’t build an empire through conquest without bei...
Odious onyx school cafeteria
  08/28/25
Which is why we have the Dallas Cowboys and not the Republic...
Crimson beta area
  08/28/25
wow
Topaz excitant potus boistinker
  08/29/25
The California Gays are a major team iirc
Slate trip point
  08/29/25
180 thread. You get lots of Trojans, Spartans, some Argonaut...
vigorous deer antler meetinghouse
  08/29/25
...
Odious onyx school cafeteria
  08/29/25
I guess maybe because they killed Christ and were therefore ...
Odious onyx school cafeteria
  08/29/25
The Cleveland Commoduses
judgmental chapel quadroon
  08/29/25
The same reason you don't have the Atlanta Jews or the Balti...
passionate low-t therapy
  08/29/25
But see, In re Friars, Padres, Deacons, Crusaders, Angels, a...
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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:41 AM
Author: Odious onyx school cafeteria

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)



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Date: August 28th, 2025 3:56 AM
Author: Massive motley whorehouse

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: Crimson beta area

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: Tan floppy coldplay fan

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: Green Arousing Brethren

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: Topaz excitant potus boistinker

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: charismatic charcoal queen of the night

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: Massive motley whorehouse

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: Odious onyx school cafeteria

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: At-the-ready heaven pisswyrm

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: garnet resort voyeur

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: Odious onyx school cafeteria

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: twinkling field main people

NHL does in Canada

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218579)



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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM
Author: Odious onyx school cafeteria

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: provocative principal's office

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: Odious onyx school cafeteria

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: provocative principal's office

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: Hairraiser thirsty pozpig

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: provocative principal's office



(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: Hairraiser thirsty pozpig



(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: Autistic becky

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: Ebony tank ticket booth

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: sapphire brunch persian

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: Ebony tank ticket booth

any given sunday had the NY Emperors and it sounded gay. so did the Dallas knights.

legion would be good for soccer i guess

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49221791)



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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:21 AM
Author: stubborn den digit ratio

How could you forget about the Rome Emperors?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Emperors

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218600)



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Date: August 28th, 2025 8:53 AM
Author: Cruel-hearted Exhilarant Church Building

Op pwned. Growing a beard.

https://www.centurapride.com/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767034&forum_id=2#49218773)



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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM
Author: Crimson beta area

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: Odious onyx school cafeteria

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: Crimson beta area

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: Topaz excitant potus boistinker

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: Slate trip point

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: vigorous deer antler meetinghouse

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: Odious onyx school cafeteria



(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: Odious onyx school cafeteria

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: judgmental chapel quadroon

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: passionate low-t therapy

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)