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> There's a good book on Athenian banking: For a wider net, on the general legal framework(s) of that time, see perhaps Ancient Greek law in the 21st century,
by throw0101b 3y ago
> There's a good book on Athenian banking:
For a wider net, on the general legal framework(s) of that time, see perhaps Ancient Greek law in the 21st century, Perlman, Paula Jean, editor:
* https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477315217/ https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477315217/
It turns out one of the largest banks in Athens was owned/run by some slaves: finance was not a 'respectable' profession—with farming/agriculture being the most 'noble'—so it was left to the lower classes and other riff-raff. Lots of slaves ran businesses, and the question often came up whether any associated debt belong to the business, the slave, or the slave's master (important when slaves were bought and sold).