because of the romans, it used to be called dacia until the roman empire bowled up and ran - Wrath of the Barclay

because of the romans, it used to be called dacia until the roman empire bowled up and ran

sacked the joint in ad 106. rather charmingly they renamed it romania.

Posted By: Tombs on June 22nd 2024 at 20:39:00

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Why ROM? (n/m) (Other Football) - littletinyphil, Jun 22, 20:06:03
- because of the romans, it used to be called dacia until the roman empire bowled up and ran (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 22, 20:39:00
  - 👍 (n/m) (Other Football) - littletinyphil, Jun 22, 23:21:54
  - Better than named after a shit car I suppose (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jun 22, 20:45:00
    - if it's good enough for andrew tate... (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 22, 20:53:05
- ISO country code (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jun 22, 20:19:43
  - 👍 (n/m) (Other Football) - littletinyphil, Jun 22, 21:27:50
  - ty. Makes little sense though. (n/m) (Other Football) - Pixelman, Jun 22, 20:23:41
    - In English, no. Other languages are also available. (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jun 22, 20:31:03
      - No shit Sherlock. My reference was to a British TV Channel using it on their graphics... (Other Football) - Pixelman, Jun 22, 21:31:42
        
        No wank Watson (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Jun 22, 22:24:49
    - It was on request of the post Eastern bloc Romanian govermmdnt (Other Football) - Bertie Russell, Jun 22, 20:27:41
- Logged on to ask... why do ITV use ROU? Romania doesnt even have a u in it... am I missing (Other Football) - Pixelman, Jun 22, 20:17:53
- 🤦🏻‍♂️ROU (n/m) (Other Football) - littletinyphil, Jun 22, 20:17:41

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