Thermae Romae Season 1 Episode 1 The Roman Who Leapt Through Time ( Air Date 2012-01-12 ) Genre Animation, Comedy category. Overview "In Rome in the year 128 AD, a Roman named Lucius Modestus is having trouble coming up with ideas for architecture. While contemplating in a bathhouse, he discovers a strange drain than sends him to a bathhouse in Modern Japan. While confused by his surroundings, he becomes amazed by some of their innovations, such as fruit flavored milk. Taking these ideas back to Rome, he incorporates these ideas into a new bathhouse to great success.".