The trilogy "Three Cities: Rome, Volume 1" by the famous French writer Emile Zola is a fascinating journey into the most sensitive eras in the majestic Roman Empire. The author is a fussy barrier to the depths of the sinful and spiritual essence of man, the rape of his inner world. He describes the ambivalence of this era: speed and slowness, war and peace, despair and hope. The reader will discover the developed images of the heroes, who interweave tenderness with cruelty, kindness with evil, love with lies. "Three cities: Rome" is not only an eloquent literary journey, but also a deep understanding of the colossal changes that the main characters have to go through."