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search  Morlachs (Croatian and Serbian: Morlaci, Serbian
Cyrillic: Морлаци) was the name used for the rural population in
the Dalmatian hinterlands in the 16th and 17th centuries, which
was primarily composed of Eastern Orthodox Serbs, and to a
lesser degree Roman Catholic Croats. There were several notable
warriors of this group that served the Republic of Venice,
including Stojan Janković and Vuk Mandušić.  Origin and
culture[edit]  According to some scholars, the etymology point
to a possible Vlach (Aromanian) origin.[citation needed]  The
population migrated from the Serbian lands, amid and after the
Ottoman Empire's conquering of those lands.[citation needed]
The Croatians historically used the term "Vlach" for anyone who
professed the Orthodox faith as opposed to Catholicism. Vlachs,
referring to pastoralists, was a common name for Serbs in the
Ottoman Empire and later.[a]  Italian Alberto Fortis mentioned
the Morlachs in his 1774 work "Put po