The battle ends with a warning about using elephants in close quarters. Their problem here is the narrow, confined space inside the settlement. A large, mobile unit has little room to exploit its strengths once the fighting compresses into the streets. In this Rome: Total War battle, terrain and access routes matter as much as the unit's apparent power.
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Why elephants struggle in narrow streets
The first siege closes with a warning that elephants lose much of their value when the fighting compresses into narrow urban ground.