During a Roman siege, which effect results from repeatedly impacting a city wall with a battering ram?

💡 Explanation

When a battering ram strikes a wall repeatedly, material fatigue occurs as cumulative microcracks develop in the masonry from cyclic stress. Therefore, material fatigue results, rather than resonance, liquefaction, or electrolysis which require different environmental and physical phenomena.

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