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.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890