Which risk increased for Roman legionary roads laid upon estuarine mudflats?

💡 Explanation

Roads on mudflats experienced accelerated roadbed subsidence, because consolidation settlement occurs as unstable soils compress under load, therefore differential settlement increases exponentially rather than linearly under the repeated loads; moreover it is amplified by frequent seasonal inundation cycles.

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