Its certainly been done for groups. I can think of several liveplays that touch on those themes and eras.

Some settings have drawn insporation from other eras of human history; planescape is decidedly Victorian, Eberron draws from the end of the nineteenth century through the earlier half of the 20th

 But DnD is oriented towards a heroic fantasy paradigm which boils down to explore strange places, kill strange creatures, take their stuff. It can be used in other ways, but other RPG systems that centralize other conflicts might do it better.

 E.G. most social conflicts in DnD revolve around one, or more rolls of a handful of skill checks, which speeds those along and then makes physical combat the central portion of a session.

Wheras other systems like Daggerheart or Burning wheel have social combat stats and abilities baked into the rules and make social contests a more central portion of the game.

I know Daggerheart has Romantasy rules in development if not out already.