Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nzvimbo yokutanga yokugara yaizivikanwa yaiva Samarobriva ("Somme bridge"), nzvimbo yokugara yepakati pevaAmbiani, rimwe remadzinza makuru eGaul. Guta racho rakapiwa zita rokuti Ambianum nevaRoma, zvichireva kuti nzvimbo yaigara vanhu vechiAmbian. Guta racho rave richirwiwa zvikuru, richirwiswa nemadzinza emhuka, uye gare gare navaNorman. Muna 1113 guta racho rakazivikanwa naMambo Louis VI weFrance, uye rakabatana neCrown yeFrance muna 1185. Muna 1597, varwi veSpain vakabata guta racho mukati memwedzi mitanhatu
Kukombwa kweAmiens, Henry IV asati awanazve kudzora. Muzana remakore rechi18 nerechi19, tsika yokugadzira micheka yeAmiens yakava yakakurumbira nokuda kwemachira ayo. Muna 1789 mapurovhinzi eFrance akaparadzaniswa uye nharaunda yacho yakarongwa kuva madhipatimendi. Ruzhinji rwePicardy rwakava dhipatimendi richangobva kusikwa reSomme, neAmiens seguta guru redhipatimendi. Mukati mechinjo yemabhizimisi masvingo eguta akakoromorwa, achivhura nzvimbo yemigwagwa mikuru yakapoteredza nzvimbo yeguta. Nharaunda yeHenriville kumaodzanyemba kweguta yakagadzirwa panguva ino. Muna 1848, njanji yokutanga yakasvika muAmiens, ichibatanidza guta racho neBoulogne-sur-Mer. Mukati me 1870 Hondo yeAmiens, apo Somme yakapindirwa nemauto ePrussian, Amiens yakatorwa.