Samuel Johnson defined bankers in the eighteenth century as "One that trafficks in money". Italian Kings in the fifteenth century had them expelled or executed.

Samuel Johnson defined bankers in the eighteenth century as "One that trafficks in money". Italian Kings in the fifteenth century had them expelled or executed. Solon of Athens couldn't stand them either. The three major Western religions also forbid the collection of interest on loans, further casting bankers into the depths of hell /s