History Manga / ThermaeRomae

* SexlessMarriage: Implied with Livia. In ''redux'', Lucius comments to a bathhouse patron that the only woman he's even known is his wife. He clearly means [[spoiler:Satsuki]], given the topic of the chapter, but he never so much as mentions Livia this way. In the original manga, she ''is'' constantly complaining that Lucius is always away at work, that she's [[MyBiologicalClockIsTicking wants to have kids eventually]], and gets paranoid that Hadrian might be using him as a lover, so we have some reason why it might have turned out that way.

* BlackComedy: The concept of slavery does come up in the manga, but the live action movies make it much more blatant that slave labor was involved in the reconstruction of Lucius' bathhouse projects. Many a scene has Japanese onsen activities recreated with the slaves, such as them being used for a WhackAMole game (and only having their heads come up because another slave is poking them with a sharp metal rod) or pushing the water wheels necessary to simulate 21st century water parks.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHistory: Played for laughs. The concept of slavery does come up in the manga, but the live action movies make it much more blatant that slave labor was involved in the reconstruction of Lucius' bathhouse projects. Many a scene has Japanese onsen activities recreated with the slaves, such as them being used for a WhackAMole game or pushing the water wheels necessary to simulate 21st century water parks.

* HappyEndingOverride: [[spoiler: Time's sadly not been kind to Lucius in ''redux''. He's starting to feel his age, his beloved Satsuki has mysteriously disappeared, their son Marius has become a slacker, Rome has become more decadent, another Emperor has fallen ill, the Colosseum, once a center of arts and entertainment, has become a spectacle of barbaric bloodsports and an execution ground and bathhouses, Lucius's life's work have been reduced to dens of debauchery .]]

* HappyEngingOverride: [[spoiler: Time's sadly not been kind to Lucius in ''redux''. He's starting to feel his age, his beloved Satsuki has mysteriously disappeared, their son Marius has become a slacker, Rome has become more decadent, another Emperor has fallen ill, the Colosseum, once a center of arts and entertainment, has become a spectacle of barbaric bloodsports and an execution ground and bathhouses, Lucius's life's work have been reduced to dens of debauchery .]]

* HappyEngingOverride: [[spoiler: Time's sadly not been kind to Lucius in ''redux''. He's starting to feel his age, his beloved Satsuki has mysteriously disappeared, their son Marius has become a slacker, Rome has become more decadent.]]

* InvoluntaryTimeTravel: Lucius has no control over his time travel jaunts - they just happen. He attributes them to the Roman gods.

* AWizardDidIt: It’s never explained why Lucius is the only one who can time travel in the future through water sources. Lucius just hand waves it as a work of the gods.

* AncientRome
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: You can't cultivate bananas from a seed (at least not a modern-day variety of banana), as Lucius is able to do with the banana he brings back to Rome from Japan. To cultivate a new banana plant, you need an offshoot from an old banana plant. This is besides the fact that bananas are not native to Egypt (where Hadrianus first tastes one), which is far from their native tropical climate.

The manga, written and drawn by Mari Yamazaki, ran from 2008 to 2013 and ended after reaching six volumes, It is available in English print thanks to [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2012-04-07/yen-press-adds-thermae-romae-anything-and-something-umineko-no-naku-koro-ni Yen]] [[Creator/YenPress Press]]. It was adapted to anime in 2012, and was licensed by Creator/DiscotekMedia and released with an English dub. It also got a live-action movie in 2012, which got a sequel in 2014.

In 2020, Creator/{{Netflix}} announced another animated adaptation of the series, ''Thermae Romae Novae'', for release in 2021.

* InconsistentDub: Also overlappig with TooLongDidntDub in the Spanish translations, both official and fansubs: Partly due to a mix of both BlindIdiotTranslation and ExecutiveMeddling, almost all the Roman names, including Lucius, are left in their original language, rather than using the long-used convention on translating Roman names to Spanish.[[note]]As an example, "Lucius Modestus" should be translated as "Lucio Modesto" in Spanish, and Emperor Hadrian should be "Emperador Adriano" instead, being the latter more justified, being a historical, real-life person.[[/note]] However, there's sometimes when the translated names are used at times, and not in a consistent way, especially in the Latin American Spanish dub of ''Novae''. On the other hand, this is averted, somewhat, with the Latin American Spanish subs, when all the Roman names, excluding Lucius and his family, are translated to Spanish.

* InvoluntaryTimeTravel: Lucius has no control over his time travel jaunts - they just happen.
* MistakenForGay: Emperor Hadrian is gay, and despite his rank most Romans see male homosexuality as a laughably Greek affectation. The palace soldiers frequently joke that Lucius is Hadrian's new lover, a sentiment his baby crazy wife shares once he starts traveling all over the empire with Hadrian on account of his bathhouse building projects. [[spoiler:This becomes one of the reasons why she decides to leave him.]]

* SatelliteLoveInterest: The final arc kicks off with Marcus asking Lucius to take up a wife, and once he goes back to Japan he really lucks out with [[spoiler:Satsuki]]. She's his perfect fit: intelligent, incredibly beautiful, loves Rome, speaks enough Latin to understand Lucius, and is directly told by her mother to find a "Spartan-like" man when she was younger. Much of her screentime is devoted to their romance.

* AdultFear: Hadrian's greatest fear is that he might outlive his adopted son (and chosen successor) Commodus. [[spoiler: Later on, his fear comes true.]]

The manga, written and drawn by Mari Yamazaki, ran from 2008 to 2013 and ended after reaching six volumes, It is available in English print thanks to [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2012-04-07/yen-press-adds-thermae-romae-anything-and-something-umineko-no-naku-koro-ni Yen]] [[Creator/YenPress Press]]. It was adapted to anime in 2012, and was licensed by Creator/DiscotekMedia and released with an English dub.

A live-action movie adaptation was released in Japan in April 2012, along with a sequel in 2014. The manga, written by Mari Yamazaki, has ended after reaching six volumes, and is available in English print thanks to [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2012-04-07/yen-press-adds-thermae-romae-anything-and-something-umineko-no-naku-koro-ni Yen]] [[Creator/YenPress Press]]. The anime has recently been licensed by Creator/DiscotekMedia, and will be released with an English dub.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: [[spoiler:At the end of the final episode of the anime ''Thermae Romae Nova'', Emperor Hadrian saved Lucius' marriage with Livia, having felt guilty for nearly tearing the couple apart by constantly assigning construction projects to Lucius. Unlike in the manga, Lucius made amends with Livia and never met Satsuki in modern-day Japan.]]

* LimitedAnimation: The animation in the anime consists largely of manipulation of and pans across still frames with only the lips moving.

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Whenever Lucius goes to the future he does it while he's naked, which freaks out some of the local Japanese people whenever he appears.

In 2020, Creator/{{Netflix}} announced another animated adaptation of the series, ''Thermae Romae Nova'', for release in 2021.

In 2020, Creator/{{Netflix}} announced another animated adaptation of the series, for release in 2021.

''Thermae Romae'' (Latin for "Roman baths") is the manga and anime story of a 2nd century Roman architect named Lucius Modestus, who designs baths. He gets transported to 21st century Japan, learns about their bath and toilet technology, and brings these modern ideas back to his time.