Mozart is still better than Beethoven, after hearing Adagio sostenuto from B's "Moonlight" Sonata. The reason? Listen to Boccherini's Minuet from String Quintet in E Major, Op. 13, No. 5. Then go and try to find the duplicate, very subtle in Mozart, where Boccherini is ostentatious. You won't find a trace of sarcasm in Beethoven.
Armies move in formation, like a Phalanx, and wheel, or pivot upon command. That means, they travel along a vector, then pivot on an angle. If the command is "halt", then "march", they have pivoted, on an angle of zero. Any civilization with armies and generals fighting in formation knew zero, along with buildings to prove.
