Tarpa, Sp. Mae'cius
was engaged by Pompeius to select the plays that were acted at his games exhibited in B. C. 55 (
Cic. Fam. 7.1). Tarpa was likewise employed by Augustus as a dramatic censor. (Hor.
Serm. 1.10. 38,
Ars Poet. 386; Weichert,
Poet. Lat. p. 334.)