The Classical WorldEconomy & Trade Greek banking c. 400 BCENotable Bankers in Athens take deposits, change money and make loans. Pasion, a former slave, became one of the richest men in the city through banking. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → First fired clay figures → First pottery → Copper smelting → Bronze Age begins → First coins → Greek banking Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookEdward E. CohenAthenian Economy and Society: A Banking Perspective ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubebanking in ancient Athens Pasion ↗Editor's pick