When Roman architect Lucius is criticized for his outdated thermae designs, he retreats
to the local bath to collect his thoughts. All Lucius wants is to recapture the Rome of
earlier days, when one could enjoy a relaxing bath without the pressure of merchants
and roughhousing patrons. But as he slips deeper into the water, Lucius is caught in
the drainage and dragged through the bottom of the bath!
He emerges amid a group of strange-looking foreigners with the most peculiar
bathhouse customs...over 1,500 years in the future in modern-day Japan! His
contemporaries wanted him to modernize, so―borrowing the customs of these
mysterious bath-loving people―Lucius opens what quickly becomes the most popular
new bathhouse in Rome: Thermae Romae! Soak in Mari Yamazaki's fantastic story and
art in this deluxe omnibus!
to the local bath to collect his thoughts. All Lucius wants is to recapture the Rome of
earlier days, when one could enjoy a relaxing bath without the pressure of merchants
and roughhousing patrons. But as he slips deeper into the water, Lucius is caught in
the drainage and dragged through the bottom of the bath!
He emerges amid a group of strange-looking foreigners with the most peculiar
bathhouse customs...over 1,500 years in the future in modern-day Japan! His
contemporaries wanted him to modernize, so―borrowing the customs of these
mysterious bath-loving people―Lucius opens what quickly becomes the most popular
new bathhouse in Rome: Thermae Romae! Soak in Mari Yamazaki's fantastic story and
art in this deluxe omnibus!