By chance, two strains of Homo Sapiens evolved into being. One strain is the good ol' Homo Sapiens, in this timeline know as Homo Sapiens Lumus, and the other is a nocturnal variant of Homo Sapiens, dubbed Homo Sapiens Umbrus.
While the greek texts had first descriptions of Homo Sapiens Umbrus, where they are described as barbarians from the North, with owlish eyes and elonged ears as well as pale skin, the greeks never had any sound proof of their existance, and it was only with the expansion of the Roman Empire into Germanian territory that their existance was truly documented.
Opposite to Homo Sapiens, Homo Sapiens Umbrus works, hunts, and lives during night time, and sleeps during the day. Sunlight isn't deadly or even harmful, but due to their biology, they do find it unpleasant and prefer to interact with Homo Sapiens Lumus during sunset or -rise if they can't meet at night.
Now what I would like to know, how would the Roman Empire interact with these people? Would they try to integrate them, seeing as their abilities have some useful military application, or would they be seriously creeped out by them? And how would their existance influence the development of History?
While the greek texts had first descriptions of Homo Sapiens Umbrus, where they are described as barbarians from the North, with owlish eyes and elonged ears as well as pale skin, the greeks never had any sound proof of their existance, and it was only with the expansion of the Roman Empire into Germanian territory that their existance was truly documented.
Opposite to Homo Sapiens, Homo Sapiens Umbrus works, hunts, and lives during night time, and sleeps during the day. Sunlight isn't deadly or even harmful, but due to their biology, they do find it unpleasant and prefer to interact with Homo Sapiens Lumus during sunset or -rise if they can't meet at night.
Now what I would like to know, how would the Roman Empire interact with these people? Would they try to integrate them, seeing as their abilities have some useful military application, or would they be seriously creeped out by them? And how would their existance influence the development of History?
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