Somme (river) invasion fleet of William the Conqueror assembled in the Bay of the Somme, at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. The river also featured in the 1346 withdrawal of Edward III of England's army, which forded the river at the Battle of Blanchetaque during the campaign, which culminated in the Battle of Crécy. Crossing the river also featured prominently in the campaign which led to the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. In 1636, a Spanish army led by Thomas Francis, prince of Carignan, crossed the Somme defeating a French army during the Thirty Years War threatening Paris. Most famously, the Battle of the Somme, during
S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago along the Via Appia. 2,000 years later, on the same road, two characters, Caesar and Antony, will be involved in a car crash and start a fight just like their ancestors long ago. S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago () is a 1994 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina and starring Leslie Nielsen. In 71 BC in Rome, utter disorder reigns in the form of political corruption and bribery involving the senator Cynic (Leslie Nielsen). The situation is claimed to be similar to the "Tangentopoli" situation in Italy in the 1990s: