Cicero states that from the earliest period down to the pontificate of Publius Mucius Scaevola ( c. 132 BCE ) , it was usual for the pontifex maximus to record on a white tablet ( album ) , which was exhibited in an open place at his house , so that the people might read it , first , the name of the consuls and other magistrates , and then the noteworthy events that had occurred during the year ( per singulos dies , as Servius says ) .
52 ) tells that from the earliest period down to the pontificate of Publius Mucius Scaevola ( c. 131 BC ) , it was usual for the pontifex maximus to record on a white tablet ( album ) , which was exhibited in an open place at his house , so that the people might read it .