So, it's pretty well know nowadays that the standard fantasy setting is often a medival-esqe setting, usually with at least elves and dwarves. We have Tolkien to thank for that.
However, because storytelling is about as old as humanity itself, I was wondering what the standard setting for a fantasy tale would be during the time period that, nowadays, we often associate with fantasy.
The closest equivalents might be the "Matters" of mediaeval Chivalric Romance: the Matter of France about Charlemagne and his paladins, the Matter of Britain about Arthur and his knights of the Round Table, and the Matter of Rome derived from Greek and Roman history and mythology. For more about this I can link to some previous threads: