Which risk increases most when besieging Roman fortifications experience undermining failure?

💡 Explanation

When Roman fortifications undergo undermining failure, structural integrity is breached as tunnels weaken the foundations, causing localized wall collapses because of gravity and stress redistribution. Therefore, fortress walls are at risk, rather than catapult issues, demoralization, or well which involve orthogonal attack mechanisms.

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