history recalls that shortly after the conquest of Gaul, the Romans began to take on the challenging tribes to the north. in the mountains through beautiful landscapes owned by a deeply proud people living in squalid peaceful arrangements. for hundreds of years the battles continue as the determined germanic peoples fought back against the largest single invader it had ever known. eventually winning and beginning the fall of the Roman Empire they existed through darkest of times and through the brightest intellectual revolutions. as with many other possible cultural extinctions, any time the chance could have wiped out completely either history.