Which defensive advantage results when Roman fortresses utilize a ditch-and-rampart system?

💡 Explanation

A ditch-and-rampart system creates a physical separation; digging at the base to collapse a wall requires excavating through the ditch and the earthen rampart beyond, causing the soldiers defending to have time to engage them, rather than collapsing without warning.

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