Yay, Shut Up & Sit Down reviews Trajan. They're generally appreciative of it, but in the end decide the game "has no heart" and recommend a load of other euros above it.

I will say I had a totally different experience introducing Trajan to friends than Quintin describes in the second half of the review. The first night with it everyone was very into it, with lots of player interaction and contention in all the mini-systems. The final points tally reveal was as suspensful as the end of a hand of poker that you bet your wedding ring on. We played multiple rounds and a friend ordered their own copy to play when I wasn't around.