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← HistoryWhich result occurred when Roman siege engines surpassed fortification designs?
A)Reduced wall thickness required fewer resources
B)City defense strategy relied on attrition✓
C)Forts became increasingly impregnable to assault
D)Castles utilized motte-and-bailey construction earlier
💡 Explanation
Siege engines evolved to breach fortifications, so attrition warfare became a key defence. The *penetration* mechanism led assaulting armies to aim to exhaust besieged defenders, because breaching walls was more rapid and less resource‐intensive, rather than reinforcing walls for withstanding impacts.
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