 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VaMedhia, uye navo vaSagarthia, vaifanira kupandukira Dhariusi I wePersia muna 522 BC, asi kupandukira uku kwakanyatsodzikiswa neuto iro Dhariusi akatumira pasi pehutungamiri hwaGeneral Takhmaspada gore rakatevera. Zviitiko zvacho zvinoratidzwa muBehistun Inscription iyo nhasi iri mumakomo enyika yeKermanshah yeIran. Nguva dzose nzvimbo inodzivirira pakati peumambo hukuru hweByzantium nePersia, mapani ari makiromita gumi kumadokero kweErbil aifanira kupupurira Hondo yeGaugemelapakati paAlexander Mukuru naDhariusi III wePersia muna 331 BC. Akundwa, Dhariyasi akakwanisa kutizira kuErbil, ndosaka hondo iyi ichiri kunzi - zvisiri izvo - Hondo yeErbil. Erbil yakaenderera mberi kuva chigaro chekutonga kweHumambo hweAdiabene muzana ramakore rekutanga AD, yakanyanya kuwanikwa kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero mudunhu remazuva ano Diyarbakir muTurkey. Rinoyeukwa mutsika dzechiJudha nokuda kwokutendeuka kunoshamisa kwaMambokadzi waro, Helena weAdiabene, kuchiJudha asati atamira kuJerusarema. ChiKristu chokutanga chaizokurawo muErbil nemabhishopu akagadzwa mutaundi kare kare muna AD 100 nenzanga yevateveri vaifungidzirwa kuti vakanga vatendeuka kubva muchiJudha. 