Season 1

1. All Baths Lead to Rome

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

2022-03-28 • 28 min

2. The Thermae Architect Who Leapt Through Time

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.

2022-03-28 • 27 min

3. Lucius Builds an Outdoor Bath

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.

2022-03-28 • 27 min

4. Lucius Builds an Indoor Bath

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

2022-03-28 • 26 min

5. Lucius Builds a Bath in Emperor Hadrian's Villa

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

2022-03-28 • 30 min

6. Lucius Builds a Hot Stone Spa

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.

2022-03-28 • 28 min

7. Lucius Appears on the Tokaido Road in the Edo Period

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

2022-03-28 • 28 min

8. Lucius Learns Bathing Etiquette in Japan

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

2022-03-28 • 29 min

9. Lucius Meets a Fellow Architect in Japan

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

2022-03-28 • 28 min

10. Lucius Builds a Theme Bath

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

2022-03-28 • 34 min

11. Lucius Builds a Spa Town

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

2022-03-28 • 36 min