What were the weaknesses of Roman emperor Trajan?

Answer 1

There is no record of Trajan's weaknesses and failures. Trajan was a highly phrased emperor and all ancient sources had a positive view of him. He was described as just and wise and as a moral man who was always dignified. The famous theologian Thomas Aquinas discussed Trajan as an example of a virtuous pagan. Machiavelli listed Trajan as one of the five good emperors.

Trajan is best known as a successful military commander. He fought the Dacians who attacked the empire from across the river Danube. In the two Dacian Wars (101-2 and 105-6) he conquered Dacia (Romania and Moldova). He annexed the kingdom of Nabataea (modern southern Jordan and northwest Saudi Arabia) which, although there is epigraphic evidence of a military operation, appears to have submitted to the Romans willingly. He fought a war against the Persian in which he expanded Roman territory from northern Mesopotamia into the rest of this area and reached the Persian Gulf. This was the point when the Roman Empire reached its greatest extent.

Trajan was a prolific builder. He built monuments and roads in Italy and his native Hispania. He rebuilt roads which were renamed via Traiana and via Traiana Nova. In Rome he built Trajan's Forum and Trajan's Column. He built the Alcántara Bridge in Spain. For his wars in Dacia he built a road and canal around it the Iron gates (a gorge on the river Danube) and Trajan's Bridge . This bridge was one of the marvels of Roman engineering. It was 1,135 m (3,724 ft.) long, 15 m (49 ft.) wide, and 19 m (62 ft.) above the water level. It had twenty masonry pillars and arches with a span of 38 m (125 ft.). Although it was functional for only a few decades, for more than 1,000 years it was the longest arch bridge in both total and span length

Answer 2

A failure is:

Hadrian was the main cause of the Jewish Revolt in 132 A.D. because he forbid the Jews from entering Jerusalem except for one day a year.

Answer 3

He drank and because of this he was mean to his citizens.He also abused his citizens.

Answer 4

his weakness was that the soldiers would fear his ruthless attitude towards enimies, thus his troops left him to fight alone. in the end his weakness was his attitude.