What can we learn from the ruler of the world's largest empire, who lived in the 2nd century and kept a diary about self-discipline, virtue and peace of mind? Marcus Aurelius was the last great Stoic philosopher of the ancient world, and his Meditations, which have survived to this day, are rightly called a spiritual classic. In Thinking Like a Roman Emperor, psychotherapist Donald Robertson combines fascinating stories from Marcus Aurelius' biography and his philosophy of life with modern psychology to create a practical guide to Stoic wisdom