Joseph Simonius Asseman, in the chronicle of the year 949 AD of Constantinus Porphyrogenitus (anno Chr 949 C), highlights the name ALBANENSES as well as the prior connection with the Illyrian tribes that inhabited these regions. Sathas cited.

Transcribed:

“… and of the Daurfii, Daurfii, Daurfii, Daurfii, this side of the barbarian nation; likewise, finally, of the Daffartae, Hirfilae, Sclaveni, Patrinii, Taulantii, Labratae, and many other almost obsolete names, in the same Marlius, cited volume, from page 161 to 165, where he discusses the Epirotic and maritime peoples of present-day Dalmatia.

Constantine Porphyrogenitus, in the year of Christ 949, when he was writing the book De Administrando Imperio, testifies that the region which the Albanians now inhabit (as described above) was partly held by Romans, that is, Latins, and partly by Greeks.”

The text is taken from Joseph Simonius Assemani’s monumental work Kalendaria Ecclesiae Universae (1755), a multi-volume scholarly collection on church calendars, saints, and historical sources of various Christian traditions.

The passage discusses ancient and medieval names of peoples in the western Balkans (modern Albania and Dalmatia), referencing Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and his famous work De Administrando Imperio (written c. 949–952 AD).