...a man exceeded it. So Epaminondas, disregarding the law as out of date, remained in office, marched to Sparta with his army, and when Agesilaus did not come out to meet him, turned to the founding of Messene . Epaminondas, was the founder of the modern Messene, and the history of its foundation I have included in my account of the Messenians themselves. Meanwhile the allies of Thebes scattered and overra...