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Why are no US sports teams named after the Romans?

There are many named after the Greeks (Trojans, Spartans, Ti...
Violet Mischievous Stage
  08/28/25
I was sure this is wrong but after thinking and googling the...
Iridescent boltzmann
  08/28/25
Visigoths iirc but probably vandals too at some point
Out-of-control amethyst address
  08/28/25
because the romans werent birdshit, any US teams named after...
Domesticated Alcoholic Ladyboy
  08/28/25
how are the greeks less birdshit than romans? and what about...
Floppy carnelian indirect expression
  08/28/25
immigration from North Africa is how
khaki boyish pit
  08/29/25
If you want to be pedantic the Aeneid makes the Trojans the ...
contagious sable shrine
  08/28/25
Romulus and Remus would like a word
Iridescent boltzmann
  08/28/25
That’s what he’s referring to dipshit
Violet Mischievous Stage
  08/28/25
How about I Trojan your ass
Magenta set
  08/28/25
Not really. Romulus and Remus were not even born in Troy and...
metal odious french chef dilemma
  08/28/25
Read up on the legend a bit more
Violet Mischievous Stage
  08/28/25
NHL does in Canada https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otta...
Walnut area cuckold
  08/28/25
cr. forgot about them
Violet Mischievous Stage
  08/28/25
OP said US sports teams
Flirting field
  08/28/25
by the powers vested in me as the OP I hereby declare the Ot...
Violet Mischievous Stage
  08/29/25
no
Flirting field
  08/29/25
Eat shit
mahogany curious location
  08/29/25
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Flirting field
  08/28/25
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mahogany curious location
  08/28/25
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Gladiators
Dashing Public Bath
  08/28/25
nothing roman really has a good ring to it for a team name. ...
Lilac passionate yarmulke
  08/28/25
Centurions and Legion would be good names
flickering parlour sneaky criminal
  08/28/25
any given sunday had the NY Emperors and it sounded gay. so ...
Lilac passionate yarmulke
  08/29/25
How could you forget about the Rome Emperors? https://en....
Lascivious piazza pisswyrm
  08/28/25
Op pwned. Growing a beard. https://www.centurapride.com/
Cerebral box office
  08/28/25
Greeks and Norse = mythic warriors, Romans = empire-builders...
Out-of-control amethyst address
  08/28/25
you can’t build an empire through conquest without bei...
Violet Mischievous Stage
  08/28/25
Which is why we have the Dallas Cowboys and not the Republic...
Out-of-control amethyst address
  08/28/25
wow
khaki boyish pit
  08/29/25
The California Gays are a major team iirc
mentally impaired native rigor
  08/29/25
180 thread. You get lots of Trojans, Spartans, some Argonaut...
Talented hyperventilating death wish office
  08/29/25
...
Violet Mischievous Stage
  08/29/25
I guess maybe because they killed Christ and were therefore ...
Violet Mischievous Stage
  08/29/25
The Cleveland Commoduses
charismatic headpube parlor
  08/29/25
The same reason you don't have the Atlanta Jews or the Balti...
motley hall
  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: Violet Mischievous Stage

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: Iridescent boltzmann

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: Out-of-control amethyst address

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: Domesticated Alcoholic Ladyboy

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: Floppy carnelian indirect expression

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: khaki boyish pit

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: contagious sable shrine

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: Iridescent boltzmann

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: Violet Mischievous Stage

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: Magenta set

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: metal odious french chef dilemma

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: Violet Mischievous Stage

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: Walnut area cuckold

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: Violet Mischievous Stage

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: Flirting field

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: Violet Mischievous Stage

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: Flirting field

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: mahogany curious location

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: Flirting field



(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: mahogany curious location



(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: Dashing Public Bath

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: Lilac passionate yarmulke

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: flickering parlour sneaky criminal

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: Lilac passionate yarmulke

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: Lascivious piazza pisswyrm

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: Cerebral box office

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: Out-of-control amethyst address

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: Violet Mischievous Stage

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: Out-of-control amethyst address

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: khaki boyish pit

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: mentally impaired native rigor

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: Talented hyperventilating death wish office

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: Violet Mischievous Stage



(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: Violet Mischievous Stage

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 headpube parlor

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: motley hall

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)