Julius Caesar was the leader of men in the Roman Legions
He'd invaded and conquered all of Gaul, but not Germania
Germania had a spirit of anger that could rarely be beaten
Among other tribes, The Harii, were especially dangerous
In day's light hiding in forests, sleeping in sunken bunkers
In the darkness of night, they fought, as unseen phantoms
Painting the bodies black, with black shields and weapons
Romans encountered them, but didn't think them humans
Using silence of night, and in impossible optics of stealth
The wild Harii people, refused to become slaves of Rome
As Harii suffered loss, Romans became sacred shadows
"As for the Harii, quite apart from their strength, which exceeds that of
the other tribes I have just listed, they pander to their innate
savagery
by skill and timing: with black shields and painted bodies,
they choose
dark nights to fight, and by means of terror and shadow of a ghostly army
they cause panic, since no enemy can bear a sight so unexpected and
hellish; in every battle the eyes are the first to be
conquered." Tacitus
