Viva La Vida is about the French Revolution from what I know. And i'm happy about that, since shockingly the French Revolution was the bloodiest revolution in world history, over 200,000 people were decapitated, hundreds of thousands were killed by drowning, stabbing, being shot. Now Viva La Viva also kinda is about Napoleon in a way, Napoleon was probably the smartest General ever. He went from an an artillery captain in the French Army to commander and cheif of the French army in Italy. He was the first man ever to sucessfully conquer italy. When he was exiled, he was exiled to an Island right by Italy, so he returned, and in his bravest moment, when french troops under Louis XVIII's command threatened to shoot him, he opened his coat infront of hundreds of troops and asked them to shoot him, none did. So when he lost at Waterloo it was the end for him. He also ended the "Roman Catholic" world.