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← HistoryWhich risk increased during prolonged Roman sieges due to unsanitary conditions?
A)Waterborne disease outbreaks rising✓
B)Collapse of siege ramp supports
C)Missile trajectory calculation errors
D)Reduced caloric value of grain
💡 Explanation
Prolonged siege conditions elevated disease vulnerability, because a breakdown in sanitation caused *disease transmission*, therefore waterborne disease risks escalated, rather than failures in structural integrity which occur from unrelated stress factors.
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