Especially the Yamnaya, and all the ancient peoples who spoke the Indo-European languages, where all their great epics feature (and praise) strength in battle,

Especially the Yamnaya, and all the ancient peoples who spoke the Indo-European languages, where all their great epics feature (and praise) strength in battle, fearlessness in times of great danger, and mass genocide. Conan the Barbarian was fictional, yes, but it was fiction written by a guy who was obsessed with ancient history and Nietzsche, in many ways its more true than any historical or archeological account.