While the true origins of the SMC are unknown, it is believed to have come from South America, where it allowed Montezuma to get his revenge. The earliest recorded use, however, was in Ancient Rome. Julius Caesar wore it the day he was assassinated, which, historians agree, explains why he took a while to die. On a side note, Caesar's well known quote "et tu Brutus" is incorrect, having been translated poorly by Florida poll-workers. Caesar actually said "Eighty-Two Brutus", in mockery of the ridiculous amount of stab wounds required to take him down. After being lost, found, lost twice, found, lost, lost, found, and found again, the SMC was used by George Washington in the American Revolutionary War. While, again, the method of acquisition of the Shield is unclear, Washington claimed he w