Claim: The Diptych of Boethius was created to celebrate Manilus Boethius' second appointment as praefectus urbi, and was initially displayed in the Museo dell'Era Cristiana.
Evidence: The piece was made by Roman artisans to celebrate Manlius Boethius' second appointment as praefectus urbi of Rome in 487. Initially displayed in the Museo dell'Era Cristiana, which was opened in some rooms of the suppressed Monastery of Santa Giulia, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, it remained there for some time.