... Arcadia and of Didymean Apollo in Mellitus during the fourth century (Angell 96). The Greeks believed that no robber would be daring enough to steal from the temples that housed their gods (Angell 96). Later most Greek coins were still minted in temples, but the government and other institutions took control of the distribution and lending of money (Angell 96). A system similar was used in ancient Rome. The creation of Roman money was fashioned after that of the Greeks (Angell 106). The creation of money led to prosperity in Rome, and as fortunes grew, the people of ancient Rome could no longer risk keeping their money hidden at home (Davis 72). Before the Second Punic War, the concept of banking had crossed over to Italy from the Greeks (Davis73). In some cases, Roman money was deposited at the Parthenon in Athens and the house of the Vestal Virgins ...

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