The famous professional politician, author of the works “Blood of the Caesars”, “From the Gold of Bronze”, “Death in Selinont” and others - Francois Fontaine, who took part in the creation of a modern united Europe - the European Union, dedicated this book to the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The author set himself a difficult task: to show us the emperor through the analysis of his amazing and original diary called “Reflections”. Successfully weaving the inner story of life, the history of the soul of Marcus Aurelius into the fabric of the narrative, his reasoning and thoughts, he creates a portrait of the emperor-philosopher, the emperor-righteous. Before us appears a man who believes that we must love all people, even our enemies, a man for whom all earthly temptations - wealth, power, luxury, the servility of others - simply did not exist in nature.