>>211586995
That was his original idea before even making BvS. The one about the Crimean War.
Then he sat down with the guy to write something more palatable and closer to the comic books for the actual movie.

In fact Snyder is the reason why there are those weird exchanges about sex in the movie, because he wanted to include shit about the amazons having hot lesbian sex with each other, and about Steve being seen and treated as a breeding stud.