Pompeii is a Beverly Historical Society Site.
Beverly Historical Society . The Society 's collections include manuscripts , books , photographs , maps , ephemera , decorative arts , and other artifacts related to the history of Beverly and the North Shore of Massachusetts . Pompeii . It came under the domination of Rome in the 4th century BC , and was conquered and became a Roman colony in 80 BC after it joined an unsuccessful rebellion against the Roman Republic . Roman Republic . It was during this period that Rome 's control expanded from the city 's immediate surroundings to hegemony over the entire Mediterranean world .