A History Lesson

Okay, so 1790 Cincinnati hasn't quite the true sounding ring of a traditional sports team in America. It doesn't roll off the tongue as smooth as sorbet. There isn't even a debate on a mascot! But one thing is true: It is unique.

Maybe when the marketing team gets the word out about our organization, it will shed the "Excite" skin and become its own brand.

Now, onto more important concerns and questions that people are have been knocking my door down about. Yeah, right.

What the hell does 1790 mean anyway?

To answer this, I had to do some research. Let's take a little look at history and language.

This city was formally founded in 1788. But, it was initially called Losantiville.

Now if you remember anything from your Latin and Greek class you took in the 7th grade - of course I don't because I didn't go to a private school like everyone from Cincinnati - you will recognize that 'os' is Latin for "mouth", 'anti' is Greek for "opposite", 'ville' is French for 'town", and 'L' was a leftover from the 'L'icking River.

Add this equation up and you come to your solution: "The city opposite the mouth of the Licking River."

That still doesn't answer the question. Onward we go.

Losantiville at the time was considered 'West' or rather a Northwestern Territory at the time. I guess names can come and go because the governor at the time decided he was going to change the name of the territory to Cincinnati in the year 1790.

This name is referenced back to a popular Roman dictator, Cincinnatus, who saved Rome from destruction then quietly retired to his farm.

For those non-history buffs, just watch the movie Gladiator. There are some similarities. Minus the actual Gladiator parts.

Beyond that little ditty, I never really understood the significance of the weapon in the 1790 logo. ( Is that a volleyball too? )

The weapon is known as a 'Fasces', which signifies 'power' and 'jurisdiction' and 'strength through unity' - yes, another Gladiator quote.

You can see the tool that was used to represent these sentiments within a statue right here in Cincinnati. A tribute to Cincinnatus. See picture below.

Pretty cool stuff once you break it all down. Everything seems to be derived from the past. So the point of this story is to call your grandparents once in awhile ya stroke!

On another note:

1790 is currently in first place in the PASL. Our bout with the Stockton Cougars last Saturday resulted in a fantastic win in overtime.

Final score: 8 - 7. Yep, I dropped a bomb.com as well. It was also great to see my Uncle Mike in attendance!