Kammala wannan jumlar: Gidan farko da aka sani shi ne Samarobriva ("Somme gada"), babban mazaunin Ambiani, ɗaya daga cikin manyan kabilun Gaul. Romawa sun ba wa garin sunan Ambianum, ma'ana mazaunin mutanen Ambiani. An yi yaƙi da yawa a garin, an kai hari ga kabilun barbarian, kuma daga baya Normans. A cikin 1113 Sarki Louis VI na Faransa ya yarda da garin, kuma ya shiga cikin Sarautar Faransa a cikin 1185. A shekara ta 1597, sojojin Spain sun mamaye birnin na tsawon watanni shida
Siege na Amiens, kafin Henry IV ya sake samun iko. A cikin ƙarni na 18 da 19, al'adar masana'antar Amiens ta zama sananne ga velours. A cikin 1789 an rushe lardunan Faransa kuma an tsara yankin zuwa sassan. Yawancin Picardy ya zama sabon sashe na Somme, tare da Amiens a matsayin babban birnin sashen. A lokacin juyin juya halin masana'antu an rushe ganuwar birni, yana buɗe sarari don manyan tituna a kewayen garin. An gina unguwar Henriville a kudancin birnin a wannan lokacin. A shekara ta 1848, layin dogo na farko ya isa Amiens, yana haɗa birnin da Boulogne-sur-Mer. A lokacin yakin Amiens na 1870, lokacin da sojojin Prussian suka mamaye Somme, Amiens ya mamaye.