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Why are no US sports teams named after the Romans?

There are many named after the Greeks (Trojans, Spartans, Ti...
Cyan comical lodge
  08/28/25
I was sure this is wrong but after thinking and googling the...
Hairless blathering pit old irish cottage
  08/28/25
Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point
floppy erotic native
  08/28/25
because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after...
Amethyst ceo field
  08/28/25
how are the greeks less birdshit than romans? and what about...
anal fat ankles
  08/28/25
immigration from North Africa is how
navy adventurous degenerate
  08/29/25
If you want to be pedantic the Aeneid makes the Trojans the ...
swashbuckling tripping gas station
  08/28/25
Romulus and Remus would like a word
Hairless blathering pit old irish cottage
  08/28/25
That’s what he’s referring to dipshit
Cyan comical lodge
  08/28/25
How about I Trojan your ass
diverse shaky garrison karate
  08/28/25
Not really. Romulus and Remus were not even born in Troy and...
salmon brunch
  08/28/25
Read up on the legend a bit more
Cyan comical lodge
  08/28/25
NHL does in Canada https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otta...
hideous fanboi incel
  08/28/25
cr. forgot about them
Cyan comical lodge
  08/28/25
OP said US sports teams
henna soggy legend mood
  08/28/25
by the powers vested in me as the OP I hereby declare the Ot...
Cyan comical lodge
  08/29/25
no
henna soggy legend mood
  08/29/25
Eat shit
umber stock car
  08/29/25
...
henna soggy legend mood
  08/28/25
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umber stock car
  08/28/25
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators
bat shit crazy wine giraffe milk
  08/28/25
nothing roman really has a good ring to it for a team name. ...
Ultramarine appetizing property halford
  08/28/25
Centurions and Legion would be good names
Nubile multi-billionaire
  08/28/25
any given sunday had the NY Emperors and it sounded gay. so ...
Ultramarine appetizing property halford
  08/29/25
How could you forget about the Rome Emperors? https://en....
high-end immigrant
  08/28/25
Op pwned. Growing a beard. https://www.centurapride.com/
flickering cordovan theater stage
  08/28/25
Greeks and Norse = mythic warriors, Romans = empire-builders...
floppy erotic native
  08/28/25
you can’t build an empire through conquest without bei...
Cyan comical lodge
  08/28/25
Which is why we have the Dallas Cowboys and not the Republic...
floppy erotic native
  08/28/25
wow
navy adventurous degenerate
  08/29/25
The California Gays are a major team iirc
Cowardly kitty area
  08/29/25
180 thread. You get lots of Trojans, Spartans, some Argonaut...
startled coffee pot
  08/29/25
...
Cyan comical lodge
  08/29/25
I guess maybe because they killed Christ and were therefore ...
Cyan comical lodge
  08/29/25
The Cleveland Commoduses
unholy scarlet resort
  08/29/25
The same reason you don't have the Atlanta Jews or the Balti...
Crusty Hyperactive Senate
  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: Cyan comical lodge

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: Hairless blathering pit old irish cottage

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: floppy erotic native

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: Amethyst ceo field

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: anal fat ankles

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: navy adventurous degenerate

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: swashbuckling tripping gas station

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: Hairless blathering pit old irish cottage

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: Cyan comical lodge

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: diverse shaky garrison karate

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: salmon brunch

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: Cyan comical lodge

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: hideous fanboi incel

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: Cyan comical lodge

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: henna soggy legend mood

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: Cyan comical lodge

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: henna soggy legend mood

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: umber stock car

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: henna soggy legend mood



(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: umber stock car



(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: bat shit crazy wine giraffe milk

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: Ultramarine appetizing property halford

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: Nubile multi-billionaire

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: Ultramarine appetizing property halford

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: high-end immigrant

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: flickering cordovan theater stage

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: floppy erotic native

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: Cyan comical lodge

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: floppy erotic native

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: navy adventurous degenerate

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: Cowardly kitty area

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: startled coffee pot

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: Cyan comical lodge



(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: Cyan comical lodge

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: unholy scarlet resort

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: Crusty Hyperactive Senate

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)