term "peplum" (a Latin word referring to the ancient Greek garment peplos), was introduced by French film critics in the 1960s. The terms "peplum" and...

Sword-and-sandal films, a derogatory reference to the genre of Greco-Roman Era costume/adventure films mostly produced in Italy, also known as "peplum". Péplum (novel)...

was a rise in peplum films after the release of Hercules (1958). Italy started moving beyond peplums making Westerns and horror films which were less...

The Fall of Rome (Italian: Il crollo di Roma) is a 1963 Italian peplum film written and directed by Anthony Dawson. Immediately following the death of...

fuoco) is a 1983 Italian film directed by Franco Prosperi, starring Sabrina Siani and Pietro Torrisi. The film is among the peplums of the 1980s to feature...

Messalina (Italian: Messalina Venere imperatrice) is a 1960 Italian peplum film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. After the death of the Emperor Caligula...

is an Italian peplum film directed by Bruno Mattei. The box office success of Conan the Barbarian sparked a mini-revival of peplum film productions between...

di teste, lit. 'Maciste against the head-hunters'), is a 1963 Italian peplum film written and directed by Guido Malatesta, and starring Kirk Morris. The...

in a series of biblical adventure films (peplums) in the early 1960s. He possessed amazing strength, and the films were similar in theme to their Hercules...

La guerra di Troia) is a 1961 Italian peplum film set in the tenth and final year of the Trojan War. The film focuses primarily on the exploits of the...