Which consequence emerged when Roman legionaries undermined enemy fort walls?

💡 Explanation

The undermining removed the foundation’s structural support, weakening the walls by creating an unsupported overhang. Catastrophic Subsidence resulted when this overhang structurally detaches because gravity acts rather than uniformly distributed weight, therefore the wall falls into empty mine, instead of a simple shear or allowing artillery expansion.

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