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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: histrionic tanning salon telephone 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: Provocative Rigor 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: Motley magical sweet tailpipe sanctuary 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: Irate brunch 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: Charismatic Kitchen Idiot 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: aqua house 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: offensive rose indian lodge legend 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: Provocative Rigor 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: histrionic tanning salon telephone 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: ebony ladyboy 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: Onyx parlor hunting ground 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: histrionic tanning salon telephone 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: Topaz Nudist Volcanic Crater Hell NHL does in Canada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Senators |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 6:03 AM Author: histrionic tanning salon telephone 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: vivacious ruddy station 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: histrionic tanning salon telephone 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: vivacious ruddy station 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: Odious Red Pozpig Patrolman 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: vivacious ruddy station (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: Odious Red Pozpig Patrolman (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: spectacular hateful forum useless brakes 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: Bossy confused location cumskin 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: crimson plaza genital piercing 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: Bossy confused location cumskin 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: clear swashbuckling business firm pervert 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: gold boyish legal warrant persian Op pwned. Growing a beard.
https://www.centurapride.com/ |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 1:52 PM Author: Motley magical sweet tailpipe sanctuary 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: histrionic tanning salon telephone 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: Motley magical sweet tailpipe sanctuary 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: aqua house 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: Fluffy jet-lagged hominid home 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: light supple school half-breed 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: histrionic tanning salon telephone (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: histrionic tanning salon telephone 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: Heady knife 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: stimulating indirect expression parlour 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) |