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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: Irradiated hot house 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: Self-centered roast beef 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: Stimulating business firm crotch 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: autistic slippery haunted graveyard gas station 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: jet friendly grandma really tough guy 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: Ivory brunch 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: supple preventive strike 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: Self-centered roast beef 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: Irradiated hot house 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: Razzle-dazzle bossy cumskin goyim 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: submissive blood rage 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: Irradiated hot house 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: pearl home puppy NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: Irradiated hot house 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: sable base 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: Irradiated hot house 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: sable base 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: spectacular property queen of the night 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: sable base (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: spectacular property queen of the night (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: heady abode 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: beta vigorous toaster 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: greedy mother digit ratio 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: beta vigorous toaster 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: sooty razzmatazz address quadroon 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: cruel-hearted whorehouse Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Stimulating business firm crotch 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: Irradiated hot house 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: Stimulating business firm crotch 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: Ivory brunch 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: Awkward stage 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: crusty underhanded yarmulke space 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: Irradiated hot house (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: Irradiated hot house 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: charismatic nowag senate 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: Angry casino 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) |