In 48 career games played at Missouri, Jeffcoat has collected 84 tackles including 11.5 sacks and 19 tackles-for-loss. Sep 25, 2009 9,225 [254] Trajan was forced to withdraw his army in order to put down the revolts. But it doesnt tell the entire story of whats gone wrong for Missouris defense. [283][284], Ancient sources on Trajan's personality and accomplishments are unanimously positive. Col. 1485. Why is that? Defensive lineman Trajan Jeffcoat, a former All-SEC selection at Missouri, announced Sunday night that he will transfer to Arkansas. [127] In Egypt, Trajan was "quite active" in constructing and embellishing buildings. There are cartouches of Domitian and Trajan on the column shafts of the Temple of Knum at Esna, and on the exterior a frieze text mentions Domitian, Trajan, and Hadrian", Z. Yavetz, "The Urban Plebs in the Days of the Flavians, Nerva and Trajan". Trajan, however, dropped the charge. Spring Practice Position Battles: Offense, Retooled MU defense prepares for year two under Blake Baker, 2022 Position Postmortem: Defensive Backs, Recruiting Reset: Whit Hafer is Mizzous first commit in he 2024 class, 2024 recruiting class starts with commit from in-state tight end. [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. Jeffcoat recorded 32 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and five sacks during the 2021 regular season. Missouris opponents seem to be making a point to take him out of the game. [117] Trajan's works at the Iron Gates region of the Danube created or enlarged the boardwalk road cut into the cliff-face along the Iron Gate's gorge. [58] The idea is that Trajan wielded autocratic power through moderatio instead of contumaciamoderation instead of insolence. Trajan invested heavily in the provision of popular amusements. Senior day, chance to get to 11-7 in conference and possibly get a top 4 seed. [156] Decebalus fled but, when later cornered by Roman cavalry, committed suicide. Gold Member. [281][282] According to a well-established historical tradition, Trajan's ashes were placed within the small cella that still survives at the base of Trajan's column. Pliny the Younger, for example, celebrates Trajan in his panegyric as a wise and just emperor and a moral man. [174] Therefore, use of slave labor in the province itself seems to have been relatively undeveloped, and epigraphic evidence points to work in the gold mines being conducted by means of labor contracts (locatio conductio rei) and seasonal wage-earning. Wife of M. Annius Verus: Giacosa (1977), p. 10. [271][272] He received no post after his 108 consulate and no further honours other than being made Archon eponymos for Athens in 111/112. Why Vanderbilt And Florida Are MUST-WIN Games for Shane Beamer And The South Carolina Gamecocks! [79], Severus was the grandfather of the prominent general Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus, consul in 105. In: In the absence of literary references, however, the positioning of the new legions is conjectural: some scholars think that Legio II Traiana Fortis was originally stationed on the Lower Danube and participated in the Second Dacian War, being only later deployed to the East:cf. Who are you circling on the whiteboard for your offensive. [247] The second army, however, under Appius Maximus Santra (probably a governor of Macedonia) was defeated and Santra killed. Alternatively, Trajan's keen military mind understood the importance of strengthening the empire's frontiers. Justice requires it and pity holds me back. J.E. He has just one sack in five games this season.Here are all six sacks from a season ago. [59] In short, according to the ethics for autocracy developed by most political writers of the Imperial Roman Age, Trajan was a good ruler in that he ruled less by fear, and more by acting as a role model, for, according to Pliny, "men learn better from examples". [26] Dio Cassius also relates that Trajan made an ally out of Abgar VII on account of the latter's beautiful son, Arbandes, who would then dance for Trajan at a banquet. Go. [298] Mommsen adopted a divided stance towards Trajan, at some point of his posthumously published lectures even speaking about his "vainglory" (Scheinglorie). That makes sense anecdotally. [141], In May of 101, Trajan launched his first campaign into the Dacian kingdom,[142] crossing to the northern bank of the Danube and defeating the Dacian army at Tapae (see Second Battle of Tapae), near the Iron Gates of Transylvania. This capital city was conceived as a purely civilian administrative centre and was provided the usual Romanized administrative apparatus (decurions, aediles, etc.). Trajan's war against the Parthian Empire ended with the sack of its capital Ctesiphon and the annexation of Armenia, Mesopotamia, and (possibly) Assyria. [137] Dacia would be reduced by Trajan's Rome to a client kingdom in the first war (101102), followed by a second war that ended in actual incorporation into the Empire of the trans-Danube border group of Dacia. [22] Trajan, in his late thirties, was created ordinary Consul for the year 91. [178] The empire gained what became the province of Arabia Petraea (modern southern Jordan and northwest Saudi Arabia). 135. | Disability Resources. After high school, Jeffcoat joined Missouri. He placed permanent garrisons along the way to secure the territory. The defensive lineman from Missouri announced his commitment to the Razorbacks on Twitter via the transfer portal on Sunday night. Arkansas lands DE Trajan Jeffcoat. 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. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. [276][277] Hadrian seems to have been well connected to the powerful and influential coterie of Spanish senators at Trajan's court, through his ties to Plotina and the Prefect Attianus. Players transferring to Arkansas Trajan Jeffcoat, DL Jeffcoat committed to Arkansas on Jan. 22. Jeffcoats story mirrors that of the defense as a whole. Jeffcoat, 6-4, 269, announced his decision on Twitter Sunday night. 2023 - Curators of the University of Missouri. ", ael, Jaroslav. 12/10 Georgia (12/12) one sack, three tackles and four quarterback hurries vs. No. [175] The victory was commemorated by the construction both of the 102 cenotaph generally known as the Tropaeum Traiani in Moesia, as well of the much later (113) Trajan's Column in Rome, the latter depicting in stone carved bas-reliefs the Dacian Wars' most important moments. The Hasz brothers' older sister attended the UA in Fayetteville, and their parents are season ticket holders for Razorback men's basketball. 1. [6], The tenth volume of Pliny's letters contains his correspondence with Trajan, which deals with various aspects of imperial Roman government, but this correspondence is neither intimate nor candid: it is an exchange of official mail, in which Pliny's stance borders on the servile. [165] The main regional effort of urbanization was concentrated by Trajan at the rearguard, in Moesia, where he created the new cities of Nicopolis ad Istrum and Marcianopolis. Having come to the narrow strip of land between the Euphrates and the Tigris, he then dragged his fleet overland into the Tigris, capturing Seleucia and finally the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon. Husband of Salonia Matidia: Levick (2014), p. 161. Alice Knig argues that the notion of a natural continuity between Nerva's and Trajan's reigns was an ex post facto fiction developed by authors writing under Trajan, including Tacitus and Pliny. Posted in. Youve probably grown sick of reading those words by now. Nerva died in 98 and was succeeded by his adopted son without incident. [228] It is noteworthy that no new legions were raised by Trajan before the Parthian campaign, maybe because the sources of new citizen recruits were already over-exploited. With Hasz's commitment, Arkansas remains at No. [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. [195], As in the case of the alimenta, scholars like Moses Finley and Paul Veyne have considered the whole idea of a foreign trade "policy" behind Trajan's war anachronistic: according to them, the sole Roman concern with the Far Eastern luxuries tradebesides collecting toll taxes and customs[196]was moral and involved frowning upon the "softness" of luxuries, but no economic policy. [220] While Trajan moved from west to east, Lusius Quietus moved with his army from the Caspian Sea towards the west, both armies performing a successful pincer movement,[221] whose apparent result was to establish a Roman presence into the Parthian Empire proper, with Trajan taking the northern Mesopotamian cities of Nisibis and Batnae and organizing a province of Mesopotamia, including the Kingdom of Osrhoenewhere King Abgar VII submitted to Trajan publicly[222]as a Roman protectorate. Its true, of course. R. P. Longden, "Notes on the Parthian Campaigns of Trajan". It was started in 107 AD, dedicated on 1 January 112, and remained in use for at least 500 years. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Fans are pissed and she might want to pack her crap and run. [65][66] In his third kingship oration, Dio describes an ideal king ruling by means of "friendship"that is, through patronage and a network of local notables who act as mediators between the ruled and the ruler. FAYETTEVILLE Arkansas has landed former Missouri defensive end Trajan Jeffcoat who will have one year to play. He was most recently an assistant football coach for the Dallas Renegades of the XFL. His cartouche also appears in the column shafts of the Temple of Khnum at Esna.[125]. As a redshirt junior in 2021, he racked up 34 total tackles, 10 TFLs and 3.5 sacks across 13 starts. Cassius Dio added that he always remained dignified and fair. An equal opportunity/access/affirmative action/pro-disabled and veteran employer. Even as Houston has hit the pause button on voluntary workouts, the Cougars continue the work of shaping its 2020 football roster. [214] At the same time, a Roman column under the legate Lusius Quietusan outstanding cavalry general[215] who had signalled himself during the Dacian Wars by commanding a unit from his native Mauretania[216]crossed the Araxes river from Armenia into Media Atropatene and the land of the Mardians (present-day Ghilan). [26] This distaste reflected a change of mores that began with the Severan dynasty,[27] Trajan's putative lovers included the future emperor Hadrian, pages of the imperial household, the actor Pylades, a dancer called Apolaustus, Lucius Licinius Sura, and Trajan's predecessor Nerva. Husband of Rupilia Faustina: Levick (2014), p. 163. If he can't get into CootU, that's incredibly damning. 21 (1931), pp. A propos de la guerre parthique de Trajan. "Trajano fundador. [163] In another arrangement with no parallels in any other Roman province, the existing quasi-urban Dacian settlements disappeared after the Roman conquest. Exclusive coverage of Rivals Camp Series. He saw this withdrawal as simply a temporary setback, but he was destined never to command an army in the field again, turning his Eastern armies over to Lusius Quietus, who meanwhile (early 117) had been made governor of Judaea and might have had to deal earlier with some kind of Jewish unrest in the province. F. A. Lepper, "Trajan's Parthian War" (1948). [257], Quietus was promised a consulate[258] in the following year (118) for his victories, but he was killed before this could occur, during the bloody purge that opened Hadrian's reign, in which Quietus and three other former consuls were sentenced to death after being tried on a vague charge of conspiracy by the (secret) court of the Praetorian Prefect Attianus. [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. [195], The alternative view is to see the campaign as triggered by the lure of territorial annexation and prestige,[195] the sole motive ascribed by Cassius Dio. That said, some are now reporting that the issue preventing his enrollment is not academic related. His conquest of Dacia enriched the empire greatly, as the new province possessed many valuable gold mines. [147] Trajan's army then advanced further into Dacian territory, and, a year later, forced Decebalus to submit. He played college football at Arizona State University. [8] Therefore, discussion of Trajan and his rule in modern historiography cannot avoid speculation. Only fragments remain of the Getica, a book by Trajan's personal physician Titus Statilius Criton. The Parthica, a 17-volume account of the Parthian Wars written by Arrian, has met a similar fate. This event was commemorated in a coin as the reduction of Parthia to client kingdom status: REX PARTHIS DATUS, "a king is given to the Parthians". Gambling problem? Trajan Jeffcoat is an American football player from Columbia, South Carolina who plays as a weak-side defensive end for the Missouri Tigers football team. [149] The peace of 102 had returned Decebalus to the condition of more or less harmless client king; however, he soon began to rearm, to again harbour Roman runaways, and to pressure his Western neighbours, the Iazyges Sarmatians, into allying themselves with him. Oct 5, 2019 Missouri defensive lineman Trajan Jeffcoat walks onto Faurot Field on Sept. 21, before a game against South Carolina. Thats part of the explanation for Jeffcoats drop in production, but its not the only one. [29] In 91 he held a consulate with Acilius Glabrio, a rarity in that neither consul was a member of the ruling dynasty. The Tigers have only added one transfer to an offensive line that struggled throughout the 2022 season. Trajan was a Roman emperor who ruled from C.E. [190], In his Dacian conquests, Trajan had already resorted to Syrian auxiliary units, whose veterans, along with Syrian traders, had an important role in the subsequent colonization of Dacia. "Les derniers travaux des historiens roumains sur la Dacie". 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"). [109], Eventually, it fell to Pliny, as imperial governor of Bithynia in 110AD, to deal with the consequences of the financial mess wrought by Dio and his fellow civic officials. [155] This may have been intended as a basis for further expansion within Eastern Europe, as the Romans believed the region to be much more geographically "flattened", and thus easier to traverse, than it actually was; they also underestimated the distance from those vaguely defined borders to the ocean. [53][54] One of the most significant trends of his reign was his encroachment on the Senate's sphere of authority, such as his decision to make the senatorial provinces of Achaea and Bithynia into imperial ones in order to deal with the inordinate spending on public works by local magnates[55] and the general mismanagement of provincial affairs by various proconsuls appointed by the Senate. 117. Frank Vermeulen, Kathy Sas, Wouter Dhaeze, eds. Jeffcoat, 6-4, 269, announced his decision on Twitter Sunday night. David H. Higgins in his notes to Purgatorio X l. 75 says: "Pope Gregory the Great (d. 604) was held to have swayed the justice of God by prayer ('his great victory'), releasing Trajan's soul from Hell, who, resuscitated, was converted to Christianity. [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. M.S. The only exceptions: All-SEC defensive end Isaiah McGuire, the team's lone Combine representative; safety Martez Manuel; and defensive end Trajan Jeffcoat, who transferred to 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. [234] Another hypothesis is that the rulers of Charax had expansionist designs on Parthian Babylon, giving them a rationale for alliance with Trajan. Husband of Ulpia Marciana: Levick (2014), p. 161. [102] Last but not least, inordinate spending on civic buildings was not only a means to achieve local superiority, but also a means for the local Greek elites to maintain a separate cultural identitysomething expressed in the contemporary rise of the Second Sophistic; this "cultural patriotism" acted as a kind of substitute for the loss of political independence,[103] and as such was shunned by Roman authorities. It was not a decisive victory, however. Exclusive Highlights and Recruiting Interviews The historian Dio Cassius later noted that Trajan was a lover of young men, in contrast to the usual bisexual activity that was common among upper class Roman men of the period. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. [236], According to late literary sources (not backed by numismatic or inscriptional evidence) a province of Assyria was also proclaimed,[237] apparently covering the territory of Adiabene. [24] Trajan retained Hadrian on the Rhine frontier as a military tribune, and Hadrian thus became privy to the circle of friends and relations with whom Trajan surrounded himself. Trajan Jeffcoat is a 6-3, 200-pound Weak-Side Defensive End from Columbia, SC. High School: Rivals.com rated him as a three-star prospect at DE and the No. Concern about independent local political activity is seen in Trajan's decision to forbid Nicomedia from having a corps of firemen ("If people assemble for a common purpose they soon turn it into a political society", Trajan wrote to Pliny) as well as in his and Pliny's fears about excessive civic generosities by local notables such as distribution of money or gifts. In the Divine Comedy, Dante, following this legend, sees the spirit of Trajan in the Heaven of Jupiter with other historical and mythological persons noted for their justice. Early in his reign, he annexed the Nabataean Kingdom, creating the province of Arabia Petraea. Member since Jun 2018. Missouri lacks talent on the defensive side of the ball. Ph.D Thesis, University of Missouri, 2015, p. 70. The minimum legal age for that position was 32. [143] Other estimates for the Roman forces involved in Trajan's second Dacian War cite around 86,000 for active campaigning with large reserves retained in the proximal provinces, and potentially much lower numbers around 50,000 for Decebalus' depleted forces and absent allies. 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. Serving as a legatus legionis in Hispania Tarraconensis, in 89 Trajan supported Domitian against a revolt on the Rhine led by Antonius Saturninus. Missouri standout defensive end Trajan Jeffcoat wanted to finish his career close to his Irmo home. [67] Dio's notion of being "friend" to Trajan (or any other Roman emperor), however, was that of an informal arrangement, that involved no formal entry of such "friends" into the Roman administration. [219], The chronology of subsequent events is uncertain, but it is generally believed that early in 115 Trajan launched a Mesopotamian campaign, marching down towards the Taurus mountains in order to consolidate territory between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. United States. The details of Trajan's early military career are obscure, save for the fact that in 89, as legate of Legio VII Gemina in Hispania Tarraconensis, he supported Domitian against an attempted coup by Lucius Antonius Saturninus, the governor of Germania Superior. In 2018 as a freshman Jeffcoat saw action in 11 games and played a total of 143 snaps for the Tigers. Some epigraphic evidence suggests a military operation, with forces from Syria and Egypt. [72] When the city of Apamea complained of an audit of its accounts by Pliny, alleging its "free" status as a Roman colony, Trajan replied by writing that it was by his own wish that such inspections had been ordered. As an emperor, Trajan's reputation has enduredhe is one of the few rulers whose reputation has survived nineteen centuries. [167] Not all of Dacia was permanently occupied. NATIONALITY. Ritterling, E., 1925. [19] [191] He had recruited Palmyrene units into his army, including a camel unit,[192] therefore apparently procuring Palmyrene support to his ultimate goal of annexing Charax. [49] Therefore, he could point to the allegedly republican character of his rule. [45] There remained the issue of the strained relations between the emperor and the Senate, especially after the supposed bloodiness that had marked Domitian's reign and his dealings with the Curia. Reactions: Ted Masters, HDG1, Dick.Nasty and 31 others. [185] That Charax traded with the Roman Empire, there can be no doubt, as its actual connections with merchants from Palmyra during the period are well documented in a contemporary Palmyrene epigraph, which tells of various Palmyrene citizens honoured for holding office in Charax. A controversial scene on Trajan's column just before the fall of Sarmizegetusa Regia suggests that Decebalus may have offered poison to his remaining men as an alternative option to capture or death while trying to flee the besieged capital with him. MONDAY JANUARY 16 UPDATE ON TRANSFER EDGE TARGET TRAJAN JEFFCOAT A former All-SEC first-team selection in 2020 at Missouri, Jeffcoat is an Irmo native who entered the NCAA transfer portal on January 8. 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. The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. His hustle doesnt go unnoticed and he has been close on a number of potential sacks or tackles for loss. However, Trajan's patria of Italica, in Spanish Baetica, was a Roman colony of Italic settlers[13][14] founded in 206BC by Scipio Africanus. Dikla Rivlin Katz, Noah Hacham, Geoffrey Herman, Lilach Sagiv, "Trajan was, in fact, quite active in Egypt. IN. [206] Alternatively, one can explain the campaign by the fact that, for the Romans, their empire was in principle unlimited, and that Trajan only took advantage of an opportunity to make idea and reality coincide. [121][122], Trajan was also a prolific builder of triumphal arches, many of which survive. Missouri defensive lineman Trajan Jeffcoat to enter transfer portal despite announcement to return in 2023 The veteran will enter the transfer portal following his fifth season in Columbia just. In his four-year career in Columbia, Jeffcoat has accumulated 84 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss . Pierre Lambrechts, "Trajan et le rcrutement du Snat". It is possible, but cannot be substantiated, that Trajan's ancestors married locals and lost their citizenship at some point, but they would have certainly recovered their status when the city became a municipium with Latin citizenship in the mid-1st century BC. Theres also the fact that Missouri has simply seen fewer passes attempted against them. [252][260] In contrast, the next prominent Roman figure in charge of the repression of the Jewish revolt, the equestrian Quintus Marcius Turbo, who had dealt with the rebel leader from Cyrene, Loukuas, retained Hadrian's trust, eventually becoming his Praetorian Prefect. [12], Some ancient authors, most notably Cassius Dio, claim that Trajan was the first emperor of non-Italic origins. 98 until his death in C.E. Carlos F. Norea, "The Ethics of Autocracy in the Roman World". Find detailed Trajan Jeffcoat Stats on FOXSports.com. Is that enough? Missouri's defensive linemen seeing the most snaps are Trajan Jeffcoat, Isaiah McGuire, Chris Turner, Akial Byers and Kobie Whiteside. In: Maricq: A precise description of events in Judea at the time being impossible, due to the non-historical character of the Jewish (rabbinic) sources, and the silence of the non-Jewish ones: William David Davies, Louis Finkelstein, Steven T. Katz, eds.. Christer Bruun, "the Spurious 'Expeditio Ivdaeae' under Trajan". Citizens were sent to Rome for trial. #Mizzou DE Trajan Jeffcoat finished the 2020 season with six sacks in eight games, earning him first team All-SEC honors. Trajan's paternal branch of the gens Ulpia came from Umbria, particularly from the city of Tuder (Todi), and was either among the original settlers of the town or arrived there at an unknown time, and his maternal gens Marcia was of Sabine origin. Trajan Jeffcoat should quickly become a regular in the Arkansas front. [209], The campaign was carefully planned in advance: ten legions were concentrated in the Eastern theatre; since 111, the correspondence of Pliny the Younger witnesses to the fact that provincial authorities in Bithynia had to organize supplies for passing troops, and local city councils and their individual members had to shoulder part of the increased expenses by supplying troops themselves.