[203] The fact that emissaries from the Kushan Empire might have attended to the commemorative ceremonies for the Dacian War may have kindled in some Greco-Roman intellectuals like Plutarchwho wrote about only 70,000 Roman soldiers being necessary to a conquest of Indiaas well as in Trajan's closer associates, speculative dreams about the booty to be obtained by reproducing Macedonian Eastern conquests. [210] It is possible that during the onset of Trajan's military experience, as a young tribune, he had witnessed engagement with the Parthians; so any strategic vision was grounded in a tactical awareness of what was needed to tackle Parthia. Trajan Jeffcoat is a 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll Defensive Lineman for the Missouri Tigers. [31] Nerva needed the army's support to avoid being ousted. Jeffcoat, who is from South Carolina, started 29 games during the past three seasons. NET Results: Making sense of where Mizzou sits in the NCAAs evaluation tool. [303] Trajan's first English-language biography by Julian Bennett is also a positive one in that it assumes that Trajan was an active policy-maker concerned with the management of the empire as a wholesomething his reviewer Lendon considers an anachronistic outlook that sees in the Roman emperor a kind of modern administrator. The Athletics Department announced Saturday that Jeffcoat is. Quelques renseignements inobservs (Jean d'Ephse, Anthologie Grecque XVI 72)". 2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): SEC Academic Honor Roll first-team All-SEC selection by the Associated Press and the league coaches recorded 23 tackles, 6.0 TFL, 6.0 sacks, seven quarterback hurries and a forced fumble 6.0 sacks led the team, 6.0 TFL ranked third on the squad recorded sacks in six of 10 games career-high five tackles and 1.0 sack vs. Arkansas (12/5) four tackles and 1.0 sack against No. TTWT Discord https://discord.gg/2rzKwZ2To join the TTWT Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Tyzilla83Donate http://www.paypal.me/Tyzilla83Sponsers: Apex Tattoo . [254] Trajan was forced to withdraw his army in order to put down the revolts. Smallwood, E. M. (1962). Trajan Jeffcoat is a 6-3, 200-pound Weak-Side Defensive End from Columbia, SC. [94] The main goal was to curb the overenthusiastic spending on public works that served to channel ancient rivalries between neighbouring cities. Finally, in 105, Decebalus undertook an invasion of Roman-occupied territory north of the Danube. [64], Pliny states that Trajan's ideal role was a conservative one, argued as well by the orations of Dio Chrysostomin particular his four Orations on Kingship, composed early during Trajan's reign. Every new emperor after him was honoured by the Senate with the wish felicior Augusto, melior Traiano (that he be "luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan"). [71] As Pliny said in one of his letters at the time, it was official policy that Greek civic elites be treated according to their status as notionally free but not put on an equal footing with their Roman rulers. [169], Defence of the province was entrusted to a single legion, the XIII Gemina, stationed at Apulum, which functioned as an advance guard that could, in case of need, strike either west or east at the Sarmatians living at the borders. [299] Mommsen also speaks of Trajan's "insatiable, unlimited lust for conquest". Missouri standout defensive end Trajan Jeffcoat wanted to finish his career close to his Irmo home. [120] To accommodate it, parts of the Capitoline and Quirinal Hills had to be removed, the latter enlarging a clear area first established by Domitian. His cartouche also appears in the column shafts of the Temple of Khnum at Esna.[125]. In contrast, his successor Hadrian would stress the notion of the empire as ecumenical and of the Emperor as universal benefactor and not kosmocrator. [90] An excellent example of this Greek alienation was the personal role played by Dio of Prusa in his relationship with Trajan. Maybe. [239][234] It is possible that it was this "streamlining" of the administration of the newly conquered lands according to the standard pattern of Roman provincial administration in tax collecting, requisitions and the handling of local potentates' prerogatives, that triggered later resistance against Trajan. POSITION(S) Weak-Side Defensive End. IN. [11][19] Many of these alliances were made not in Spain, but in Rome. In 2018 as a freshman Jeffcoat saw action in 11 games and played a total of 143 snaps for the Tigers. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Member-Only Message Boards. [307] For Paul Veyne, what is to be retained from Trajan's "stylish" qualities was that he was the last Roman emperor to think of the empire as a purely Italian and Rome-centred hegemony of conquest. Apollodorus of Damascus' "magnificent" design incorporated a Triumphal arch entrance, a forum space approximately 120 m long and 90m wide, surrounded by peristyles: a monumentally sized basilica: and later, Trajan's Column and libraries. What is known is that by 107, Roman legions were stationed in the area around Petra and Bosra, as is shown by a papyrus found in Egypt. Why is that? He was deified by the Senate and his cousin and successor, Hadrian, whom Trajan had supposedly adopted while on his deathbed. Marcus Ulpius Trajanus (father of Trajan), Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos, religious theatrical spectacles and games, Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa, "De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and Their Families", Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Tulane University "Roman Currency of the Principate", "Battle of Sarmizegetusa (Sarmizegetuza), A.D. 105: De Imperatoribus Romanis", "The Trajanic Tondo from Roman Ankara: In Search of the Identity of a Roman Masterpiece", "Emperor Trajan - unknown - Masterpieces in the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Trajan Jeffcoat will be All-SEC again at Arkansas. His severed head, brought to Trajan by the cavalryman Tiberius Claudius Maximus,[158] was later exhibited in Rome on the steps leading up to the Capitol and thrown on the Gemonian stairs. For this reason, modern historians, such as Julian Bennett, reject Dio's claim. [242] No attempt was made to expand into the Iranian Plateau itself, where the Roman army, with its relative weakness in cavalry, would have been at a disadvantage. On today's show, Andrew discusses the latest information on the Trajan Jeffcoat recruitment and why he might not end up joining Shane Beamer and South Caroli. That helps explain Missouris lack of pass rush productivity as a unit. The wretched woman, in the midst of all this, 32 f. and 73 f.[289], After the despised Nero, Roman emperors until Trajan were depicted shaven. Trajan's war against the Parthian Empire ended with the sack of its capital Ctesiphon and the annexation of Armenia, Mesopotamia, and (possibly) Assyria. [163] In another arrangement with no parallels in any other Roman province, the existing quasi-urban Dacian settlements disappeared after the Roman conquest. [68] Trajan ingratiated himself with the Greek intellectual elite by recalling to Rome many (including Dio) who had been exiled by Domitian,[69] and by returning (in a process begun by Nerva) a great deal of private property that Domitian had confiscated. When I first looked I typed in "Trajan Jeffcoat father" or "Trajan Jeffcoat parents" and I got a bunch of Jim Jeffcoat pics and stories. Wife of M. Annius Verus: Giacosa (1977), p. 10. [279], Hadrian's first major act as emperor was to abandon Mesopotamia as too costly and distant to defend, and to restore Armenia and Osrhoene to Parthian hegemony, under Rome's suzerainty. 1 of 2 Go to page. [80] Other prominent Eastern senators included Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus, a descendant of Herod the Great, suffect consul in 116. In 2018, Trajan Jeffcoat played in all 13 games as a true freshman for Missouri. From there, after his father's replacement, he seems to have been transferred to an unspecified Rhine province, and Pliny implies that he engaged in active combat duty during both commissions. Hogs land former All-SEC first-teamer from Missouri. Michael Alexander Speidel: "Bellicosissimus Princeps". After a brief and tumultuous year in power, culminating in a revolt by members of the Praetorian Guard, he decided to adopt the more popular Trajan as his heir and successor. [143] Trajan's troops took heavy losses in the encounter, and he put off further campaigning for the year in order to regroup and reinforce his army. His health declined throughout the spring and summer of 117, possibly acknowledged to the public by the display of a bronze portrait-bust at the public baths of Ancyra, showing an aged and emaciated man, though the identification with Trajan is disputed. Carlos F. Norea, "The Social Economy of Pliny's Correspondence with Trajan". Missouri has one returning member of the 2020 All-SEC team, but you wouldnt know it by his production. After being listed on Missouri's depth chart for the first time this season Tuesday, MU announced just before kickoff Saturday that defensive end Trajan Jeffcoat is no longer with the team. The fortress city of Hatra, on the Tigris in his rear, continued to hold out against repeated Roman assaults. Defensive lineman Trajan Jeffcoat, a former All-SEC selection at Missouri, announced Sunday night that he will transfer to Arkansas. [261] As all four consulars were senators of the highest standing and as such generally regarded as able to take imperial power (capaces imperii), Hadrian seems to have decided to forestall these prospective rivals. 6465). Its lofty, elevated Imperial viewing box was rebuilt among the seating tiers, so that spectators could see their emperor sharing their enjoyment of the races, alongside his family and images of the gods,[128], At some time during 108 or 109, Trajan held 123 days of games to celebrate his Dacian victory. IN Ryan K. Balot, ed.. Bernard W. Henderson, "Five Roman Emperors" (1927). Trajan was born in Italica, close to modern Seville in present-day Spain, a small Roman municipium founded by Italic settlers in the province of Hispania Baetica. Top Trajan Jeffcoat News Where Pac-12 teams would go if league breaks up CBS Sports Dennis Dodd Feb 17, 2023 Who are you circling on the whiteboard for your offensive. Dio is described by Philostratus as Trajan's close friend, and Trajan as supposedly engaging publicly in conversations with Dio.[91]. [81] Trajan created at least fourteen new senators from the Greek-speaking half of the Empire, an unprecedented recruitment number that opens to question the issue of the "traditionally Roman" character of his reign, as well as the "Hellenism" of his successor Hadrian. [131], During the period of peace that followed the Dacian war, Trajan exchanged letters with Pliny the Younger on how best to deal with the Christians of Pontus. [97] A side effect of such extravagant spending was that junior and thus less wealthy members of the local oligarchies felt disinclined to present themselves to fill posts as local magistrates, positions that involved ever-increasing personal expense. Trajan sought to deal with this by forsaking direct Roman rule in Parthia proper, at least partially. He was also one of the first emperors to be chosen, rather than to inherit power as part of a ruling family. [12], Some ancient authors, most notably Cassius Dio, claim that Trajan was the first emperor of non-Italic origins. [134] Trajan formalised the alimenta, a welfare program that helped orphans and poor children throughout Italy by providing cash, food and subsidized education. [173] On the other hand, commercial agricultural exploitation on the villa model, based on the centralized management of a huge landed estate by a single owner (fundus) was poorly developed. [197][198] In the absence of conclusive evidence, trade between Rome and India might have been far more balanced, in terms of quantities of precious metals exchanged: one of our sources for the notion of the Roman gold drainPliny's the Younger's uncle Pliny the Elderhad earlier described the Gangetic Plains as one of the gold sources for the Roman Empire. Youve probably grown sick of reading those words by now. Jeffcoat's production has dropped in 2021, but it's not for lack of effort. [166] The fact that these former Danubian outposts had ceased to be frontier bases and were now in the deep rear acted as an inducement to their urbanization and development. [23] Around this time Trajan brought the architect and engineer Apollodorus of Damascus with him to Rome,[24] and married Pompeia Plotina, a noblewoman from the Roman settlement at Nmes; the marriage ultimately remained childless.[25]. And thats what were watching on Saturdays. [156], In a fierce campaign that seems to have consisted mostly of static warfare, the Dacians, devoid of manoeuvring room, kept to their network of fortresses, which the Romans sought systematically to storm[157] (see also Second Dacian War). [133] This devaluation, along with the massive amounts of gold and silver acquired through his Dacian wars, allowed Trajan to mint many more denarii than his predecessors. [17], Trajan himself was just one of many well-known Ulpii in a line that continued long after his own death. #Mizzou pic.twitter.com/tJ60yZ6ncY. ", ael, Jaroslav. He also withdrew from circulation silver denarii minted before Nero's devaluation. The earliest conquests were Rome's two wars against Dacia, an area that had troubled Roman politics for over a decade in regard to the unstable peace negotiated by Domitian's ministers with the powerful Dacian king Decebalus. The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. [255] Quietus discharged his commissions successfully, so much that the war was afterward named after himKitus being a corruption of Quietus. [234] Another hypothesis is that the rulers of Charax had expansionist designs on Parthian Babylon, giving them a rationale for alliance with Trajan. Sister of Trajan's father: Giacosa (1977), p.7. He placed permanent garrisons along the way to secure the territory. Bennett, Trajan, 196; Christol & Nony, Rome,171. [251] That done, Trajan retreated north in order to retain what he could of the new provinces of Armeniawhere he had already accepted an armistice in exchange for surrendering part of the territory to Sanatruces' son Vologeses[252]and Mesopotamia. DMCA and other copyright information. [204] There could also be Trajan's idea to use an ambitious blueprint of conquests as a way to emphasize quasi-divine status, such as with his cultivated association, in coins and monuments, to Hercules.