Exploring Johannes Kepler's 'Somnium', the first science fiction story

Rome? It's the Roman times, alright, but it's by Lucian who was an Assyrian / Greek author (the Mark Twain of his day).

(He was born in the area of the so-called "hellenistic kingdoms", where Greek culture had been established for several centuries after Alexander).

Hephaestus has robot servants in The Iliad. And self-driving cars. (kind of)