▁L one ▁Wolf ▁and ▁Cub ▁series ▁also ▁fall ▁under ▁historical ▁drama ▁um bre lla . ▁ ▁Pe pl um ▁films ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁sword - and - s andal , ▁is ▁a ▁genre ▁of ▁largely ▁Italian - made ▁historical ▁or ▁bib lic al ▁ep ics ▁( cost ume ▁dram as ) ▁that ▁domin ated ▁the ▁Italian ▁film ▁industry ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁Most ▁p ep la ▁featured ▁a ▁super human ly ▁strong ▁man ▁as ▁the ▁protagon ist , ▁such ▁as ▁Her cules , ▁Sam son , ▁G oli ath , ▁Urs us ▁or ▁Italy ' s ▁own ▁popular ▁folk ▁hero ▁Mac iste . ▁These ▁super men ▁often ▁res cu ed ▁capt ive ▁prin cess es ▁from ▁ty ran n ical ▁desp ots ▁and ▁fought ▁myth ological ▁cre atures . ▁Not ▁all ▁the ▁films ▁were ▁fant asy - based , ▁however . ▁Many ▁featured ▁actual ▁historical ▁personal ities ▁such ▁as ▁Julius ▁Ca esar , ▁Cle op atra , ▁and ▁Hann ib al , ▁although ▁great ▁libert ies ▁were ▁taken ▁with ▁the ▁story lines . ▁Glad i ators , ▁pir ates , ▁kn ights , ▁Vik ings , ▁and ▁slaves ▁reb elling ▁against ▁ty ran n ical ▁k ings ▁were ▁also ▁popular ▁subjects . ▁There ▁are ▁also ▁films ▁based ▁on ▁Med ieval ▁narr atives ▁like ▁R id ley ▁Scott ' s ▁historical ▁ep ics ▁Robin ▁H ood ▁( 2 0 1 0 ) ▁and ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Heaven ▁( 2 0 0 5 ) ▁and ▁the ▁sub