. ▁ ▁Th ra cian ▁or ▁D aco - Mo esian ▁origin ▁ ▁As ide ▁from ▁an ▁Il ly rian ▁origin , ▁a ▁Da cian ▁or ▁Th ra cian ▁origin ▁is ▁also ▁hypoth es ized . ▁There ▁are ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁factors ▁taken ▁as ▁evidence ▁for ▁a ▁Da cian ▁or ▁Th ra cian ▁origin ▁of ▁Alban ians . ▁According ▁to ▁Vladimir ▁O rel , ▁for ▁example , ▁the ▁territory ▁associated ▁with ▁proto - Al ban ian ▁almost ▁certainly ▁does ▁not ▁correspond ▁with ▁that ▁of ▁modern ▁Alban ia , ▁i . e . ▁the ▁Il ly rian ▁coast , ▁but ▁rather ▁that ▁of ▁D acia ▁R ip ensis ▁and ▁farther ▁north . ▁ ▁The ▁Roman ian ▁historian ▁I . ▁I . ▁Russ u ▁has ▁origin ated ▁the ▁theory ▁that ▁Alban ians ▁represent ▁a ▁massive ▁migration ▁of ▁the ▁Car pi ▁population ▁pressed ▁by ▁the ▁S lav ic ▁migr ations . ▁Due ▁to ▁political ▁reasons ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁and ▁translated ▁in ▁German ▁by ▁Kon rad ▁G ünd isch . ▁ ▁The ▁German ▁historian ▁Gott fried ▁Sch ram m ▁( 1 9 9 4 ) ▁suggests ▁an ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁Alban ians ▁in ▁the ▁B esso i , ▁a ▁non - R oman ized ▁Th ra cian ▁tribe ▁that ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁mountain ▁regions ▁of ▁D acia ▁Mediter rane a ▁and ▁D ard ania , ▁located ▁in ▁southern ▁Ser bia , ▁Kos ovo ▁and ▁north - western ▁North ▁Mac ed onia , ▁and ▁was ▁Christian ized ▁as ▁early ▁as