When Roman architect Lucius is criticized for his outdated thermae designs,he retreats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 torecapture the Rome of
earlier days, when one could enjoy a relaxing bathwithout the pressure of merchants
and roughhousing patrons. But as he slipsdeeper into the water, Lucius is caught in
the drainage and dragged throughthe bottom of the bath!
He emerges amid a group of strange-looking foreignerswith the most peculiar
bathhouse customs...over 1,500 years in the future inmodern-day Japan! His
contemporaries wanted him to modernize,so—borrowing the customs of these
mysterious bath-lovingpeople—Lucius opens what quickly becomes the most popular
new bathhousein Rome: Thermae Romae! Soak in Mari Yamazaki's fantastic story and
art inthis deluxe omnibus!