[229], As far as the sources allow a description of this campaign, it seems that one Roman division crossed the Tigris into Adiabene, sweeping south and capturing Adenystrae; a second followed the river south, capturing Babylon; Trajan himself sailed down the Euphrates from Dura-Europoswhere a triumphal arch was erected in his honourthrough Ozogardana, where he erected a "tribunal" still to be seen at the time of Julian the Apostate's campaigns in the same area. He held an unspecified consular commission as governor of either Pannonia or Germania Superior, or possibly both. You know the story by now. The data on this can be difficult to find, but according to Football Outsiders, sack rates in the NFL doubled on third and long compared to second or third and short/medium. His cartouche also appears in the column shafts of the Temple of Khnum at Esna.[125]. They involved "fully 10,000" gladiators, and the slaughter of thousands, "possibly tens of thousands" of animals, both wild and domestic. 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. "Traian" redirects here. [179] At this time, a Roman road (Via Traiana Nova) was built from Aila (now Aqaba) in Limes Arabicus to Bosrah. [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. The 6-foot-4, 269-pound redshirt senior has one year of eligibility remaining. It still drew admiration when Emperor Constantius II visited Rome in the fourth century. He was considered a leading contender for a starting spot at defensive end entering his sophomore season when an elbow injury sidelined him on the first day of fall camp. Ph.D Thesis, University of Missouri, 2015, p. 70. #Mizzou pic.twitter.com/tJ60yZ6ncY. In: Annette Nnnerich-Asmus ed.. Olivier Hekster, "Propagating power: Hercules as an example for second-century emperors". He built roads, such as the Via Traiana, an extension of the Via Appia from Beneventum to Brundisium[123] and the Via Traiana Nova, a mostly military road between Damascus and Aila, which Rome employed in its annexation of Nabataea and founding of Arabia Province. 2022 (Redshirt Senior): Saw action in all 13 games this season, making 11 starts, has appeared for the Tigers 48 times in his career finished the regular season with 21 total tackles, 2.5 tackles-for-loss and a sack made three tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss at Auburn (9/24) had three tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and a sack . 6 in the country. Jesper Majbom Madsen, Roger David Rees, eds. Defensive lineman Trajan Jeffcoat, a former All-SEC selection at Missouri, announced Sunday night that he will transfer to Arkansas. However, the overall scarcity of manpower for the Roman military establishment meant that the campaign was doomed from the start. [308], In the Jewish homiletical works, such as Esther Rabbah, Trajan is described with the epitaph "may his bones be crushed" (Hebrew: , sh'hik atzamot). NSD23: Trajan Jeffcoat. Is that enough? Trajan Jeffcoat - NIL Deals Class Year 2018 info EDGE / 6-3 / 220 Industry Ranking 85.83 nil value $39K high school Irmo hometown Columbia, SC On3 DB / Trajan Jeffcoat / NIL Profile NIL deal tracker Trajan Jeffcoat collective ONEArkansas NIL OneArkansas NIL collective signs transfers, early enrollees Undisclosed 2/15/23 Source FAYETTEVILLE Arkansas has landed former Missouri defensive end Trajan Jeffcoat who will have one year to play. [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. [223] Since Charax was a de facto independent kingdom whose connections to Palmyra were described above, Trajan's bid for the Persian Gulf may have coincided with Palmyrene interests in the region. 'Dante, The Divine Comedy, Purgatorio X, ll. 32 f. and 73 f.[289], After the despised Nero, Roman emperors until Trajan were depicted shaven. The program made the announcement shortly before the game against Troy. [113] A similar situation existed in Claudiopolis, where a public bath was built with the proceeds from the entrance fees paid by "supernumerary" members of the council, enrolled with Trajan's permission. Senior day, chance to get to 11-7 in conference and possibly get a top 4 seed. [166] The garrison city of Oescus received the status of Roman colony after its legionary garrison was redeployed. [183] That meant that Charax on the Persian Gulf was the sole remaining western terminus of the Indian trade route outside direct Roman control,[184] and such control was important in order to lower import prices and to limit the supposed drain of precious metals created by the deficit in Roman trade with the Far East. Even though he didn't go public with it until a few months later, he actually committed to the Tigers during an official visit in September 2017. . Lendon, "Three Emperors and the Roman Imperial Regime". Jeffcoat is still a good player, but hes been put in a rotten situation. After commanding Legio I Minervia during the Dacian Wars, he had been relieved from front-line duties at the decisive stage of the Second Dacian War, being sent to govern the newly created province of Pannonia Inferior. [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. Husband of Rupilia Faustina: Levick (2014), p. 163. Wife of M. Annius Libo: Levick (2014), p. 163. [77] It must be added that, although Trajan was wary of the civic oligarchies in the Greek cities, he also admitted into the Senate a number of prominent Eastern notables already slated for promotion during Domitian's reign by reserving for them one of the twenty posts open each year for minor magistrates (the vigintiviri). [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. Jeffcoat recorded 32 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and five sacks during the 2021 regular season. [202] Also, there was the propaganda value of an Eastern conquest that would emulate, in Roman fashion, those of Alexander the Great. Trajan sought to deal with this by forsaking direct Roman rule in Parthia proper, at least partially. [43] Trajan's accession, therefore, could qualify more as a successful coup than an orderly succession. For other uses, see, "Marcus Ulpius Trajanus" redirects here. It was built to commemorate his victories in Dacia, and was largely financed from that campaign's loot. Through his efforts to develop an anti-Roman bloc, Decebalus prevented Trajan from treating Dacia as a protectorate instead of an outright conquest. A perfect example of this is Trajan Jeffcoat. [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. Its worth noting that Jeffcoat is still impacting games despite the lack of production on the stat sheet. 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. 135. [56], In the formula developed by Pliny, however, Trajan was a "good" emperor in that, by himself, he approved or blamed the same things that the Senate would have approved or blamed. [225], After wintering in Antioch during 115/116 and, according to literary sources, barely escaping from a violent earthquake that claimed the life of one of the consuls, Marcus Pedo Virgilianus[226][227]Trajan again took to the field in 116, with a view to the conquest of the whole of Mesopotamia, an overambitious goal that eventually backfired on the results of his entire campaign. In each of his three seasons for the Tigers, he has increased production beginning freshman year. 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. [87], As a senatorial Emperor, Trajan was inclined to choose his local base of political support from among the members of the ruling urban oligarchies. [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. [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. Jens Gering, Rezension zu: Karl Strobel, Kaiser TraianEine Epoche der Weltgeschichte. [240] According to some modern historians, Trajan might have busied himself during his stay on the Persian Gulf with ordering raids on the Parthian coasts,[241] as well as probing into extending Roman suzerainty over the mountaineer tribes holding the passes across the Zagros Mountains into the Iranian plateau eastward, as well as establishing some sort of direct contact between Rome and the Kushan Empire. 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. Missouri sophomore DE Trejan Jeffcoat (elbow) should be considered week-to-week. [171] Trajan resettled Dacia with Romans and annexed it as a province of the Roman Empire. [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. Marcus Ulpius Trajanus the elder served Vespasian in the First Jewish-Roman War, commanding the Legio X Fretensis. [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. Trajan's reconstruction, completed by 103, was modestly described by Trajan himself as "adequate" for the Roman people. He is portrayed, together with Domitian, on the propylon of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera. [111] One of the compensatory measures proposed by Pliny expressed a thoroughly Roman conservative position: as the cities' financial solvency depended on the councilmen's purses, it was necessary to have more councilmen on the local city councils. Dio is described by Philostratus as Trajan's close friend, and Trajan as supposedly engaging publicly in conversations with Dio.[91]. mizzouboy714 Retired Number. Editor's Picks Trajan Jeffcoat will be All-SEC again at Arkansas. As a redshirt junior in 2021, he racked up 34 total tackles, 10 TFLs and 3.5 sacks across 13 starts. Non-citizens who admitted to being Christians and refused to recant were to be executed "for obstinacy". Trajan told Pliny to continue prosecutions of Christians if they merited that, but not to accept anonymous or malicious denunciations. 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. [255] Quietus discharged his commissions successfully, so much that the war was afterward named after himKitus being a corruption of Quietus. 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").