300
This story doesn’t need to be directly interpreted as the last stand of Europe against the Asiatic hordes, since Attila and Genghis Khan are well into the future. It can be bloody Asterix, some monarchist anarchists fight an invasion by an evil empire.
This is primed for remakes, with similar historical accuracy:
- The basic would be Zelenskyy as Leonidas, Putin as Xerxes, and the traitor as Poroshenko, or some other Ukranian guy.
- The crazy would be George W. Bush as Xerxes, Saddam as Leonidas, and for example Muqtada al-Sadr as the traitor.
- The insane would be Netanyahu as Xerxes, Sinwar as Leonidas, and Abbas as the traitor.
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