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All Baths Lead to Rome

Episode number: 1

Overview: While bathing in the public bathhouse his grandfather designed and built, a boy in ancient Rome is momentarily transported to a very strange place.

The Thermae Architect Who Leapt Through Time

Episode number: 2

Overview: Rome, 128 A.D. In a golden age of bathhouse innovation, bathhouse architect Lucius tries to come up with fresh ideas that will set his designs apart.

Lucius Builds an Outdoor Bath

Episode number: 3

Overview: After Consul Lepidus asks him to build an outdoor bath with a view of Mt. Vesuvius, Lucius suddenly finds himself bathing among strange-looking monkeys.

Lucius Builds an Indoor Bath

Episode number: 4

Overview: Lucius ends up in a small bathroom in a modern Japanese house and is completely fascinated by everything he finds.

Lucius Builds a Bath in Emperor Hadrian's Villa

Episode number: 5

Overview: Impressed by his creativity, Emperor Hadrian invites Lucius to his opulent villa and asks him to build a private bath.

Lucius Builds a Hot Stone Spa

Episode number: 6

Overview: Lucius works to complete a bathing area for soldiers fighting on the front lines — and not a minute too soon, as the men are in dire need of healing.

Lucius Appears on the Tokaido Road in the Edo Period

Episode number: 7

Overview: While stopping in an unwelcoming tavern during his long journey home, Lucius surfaces in a comfortable Edo-era rest stop along the Tokaido road.

Lucius Learns Bathing Etiquette in Japan

Episode number: 8

Overview: Lucius encounters a set of very rude bathers who don't seem to know the first thing about proper bathhouse etiquette.

Lucius Meets a Fellow Architect in Japan

Episode number: 9

Overview: On a construction site for a Roman-style spa in modern day Japan, Lucius meets a fellow bathhouse architect.

Lucius Builds a Theme Bath

Episode number: 10

Overview: Emperor Hadrian asks Lucius to devote himself to building a large public bathhouse in the name of his son and heir to the Empire.

Lucius Builds a Spa Town

Episode number: 11

Overview: To undermine public support for the Emperor, some members of the Senate scheme to get rid of the man behind the popular bathhouses: Lucius.