Sea. AD 73: The Chinese Han Dynasty launches a major campaign against the Xiongnu, whom they confront in the Battle of Yiwulu in the Kumul oasis, an ultimate Han military victory led by General Dou Gu (d. AD 88). AD 74: Chinese generals Dou Gu (Teou Kou) and Geng Bing (Keng Ping) take control of Turpan. AD 77: Pliny the Elder publishes the first ten books of Naturalis Historia. AD 78: The Romans conquer the Ordovices, located in present-day northern Wales, as well as the Silures. AD 78: Indian Prince Aji Caka introduces the Sanskrit language and Pallawa script, used to inscribe Javanese words and phrases, to the Indonesian islands. AD 79: Pompeii and Herculaneum destroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius. AD 80: The Colosseum completes construction. AD 83: In Rome, the castration of slaves is prohibited. AD 85: Baekje invades the outskirts of Silla in the Korean peninsula. The war continues until the peace treaty of 105. AD 86: Roman general (and future emperor) Trajan begins a campaign to crush an uprising in Germany. AD 87: The Roman Julius Maternus explores western Africa (approximate date). AD 88: The First Dacian War ends: Decebalus becomes a client king of Rome, he receives money, craftsmen and war machines to protect the borders (limes) of the Roman Empire. AD 89: Battle of Ikh Bayan: The Han Chinese army under Dou Xian, allied with the southern Xiongnu, is victorious over the Northern Xiongnu. AD 92: The Marcomanni are defeated by the Romans at the Danube; however, they are not entirely subdued. AD 94: The Chinese General Ban Chao completes his conquest of the Tarim Basin by taking Yānqi, which is located on the strategic Silk Road. AD 98: Tacitus mentions the Suiones, who will one day be called the Swedes. AD 98: The Goths settle in northern Poland, which they called Gothiscandza, and shape the Wielbark culture. Jewish Council of Jamnia. Late 1st century: Cityscape, detail of a Second Style wall painting from a bedroom in the House of Publius Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale, is made. It is now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The painting "Alexander the Great confronts Darius III at the Battle of Issos", detail of mosaic floor decoration from Pompeii, Italy is made. It is a Roman copy after a Greek painting of c. 310 BC, perhaps by Philoxenos or Helen of Egypt. It is now at