Vladimir

Vladimir is a character in Thermae Romae.

Overview
Vladimir was one of the Vladivostok representative at the Russian Fencing Championship. He and some friend entered a japanese bath, but didn't follow the manners to shower first. Lucius Modestus had just arrived there and got angry and picked a fight with Vladimir, but was surprised by his fencing fighting style. In the end he saw some illustrations on the wall that show how to shower and then enter the bath and pointed it out to Vladimir. Upon seeing them, Vladimir understood why Lucius was getting angry and since then he and his friends started taking baths with proper manners.