It stretched across northern England from [[Wallsend]] in the east to [[Bowness on Solway]] in the west, and formed the northern boundary of the Roman Empire, though a subsequent temporary northward advance took them as far as the [[Antonine Wall]]. | It stretched across northern England from [[Wallsend]] in the east to [[Bowness on Solway]] in the west, and formed the northern boundary of the Roman Empire, though a subsequent temporary northward advance took them as far as the [[Antonine Wall]]. |