plebeian. Only one person of this gens is mentioned under the republic, Sp. Maecius Tarpa, a
contemporary of Cicero [TARPA]; but under the empire the Maecii
became more distinguished though they are rarely mentioned by ancient writers. Thus we find on
coins mention made of a M. Maecius Rufus, who was proconsul of Bithynia in the reign of
Vespasian; in inscriptions (Gruter, p. 49. 3) of a M. Maecius Rufus who was consul with L.
Turpilius Dexter, though the date of their consulship is uncertain; and in the consular Fasti
of a M. Maecius Memmius Furius Placidus, who was consul