During Roman siege warfare, which effect commonly resulted from undermining a stone fortification wall's foundation?

💡 Explanation

When a Roman army undermined a wall, arch unloading occurred because disrupting foundational support caused stress redistribution within the wall structure and led to targeted collapse. Therefore localized wall collapse happened, rather than catapult instability, accelerated fire, or gas accumulation, which require different mechanisms of impact.

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