▁layers . ▁From ▁Latin ▁specifically , ▁lo ans ▁are ▁dated ▁to ▁the ▁period ▁of ▁ 1 6 7 ▁B CE ▁to ▁ 4 0 0 ▁CE . ▁The ▁Christian ▁religious ▁voc ab ul ary ▁of ▁Alban ian ▁is ▁mostly ▁Latin ▁as ▁well ▁including ▁even ▁the ▁basic ▁terms ▁such ▁" to ▁bless ", ▁" alt ar " ▁and ▁" to ▁receive ▁commun ion ", ▁leading ▁Joseph ▁( 2 0 1 8 ) ▁to ▁argue ▁that ▁Alban ians ▁were ▁Christian ized ▁under ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁influence . ▁ ▁Some ▁sch ol ars ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁Latin ▁influence ▁over ▁Alban ian ▁is ▁of ▁Eastern ▁Rom ance ▁origin , ▁rather ▁than ▁of ▁Dal mat ian ▁origin , ▁which ▁would ▁exclude ▁Dal mat ia ▁as ▁a ▁place ▁of ▁origin . ▁Adding ▁to ▁this ▁the ▁several ▁hundred ▁words ▁in ▁Roman ian ▁that ▁are ▁cogn ate ▁only ▁with ▁Alban ian ▁cogn ates ▁( see ▁Eastern ▁Rom ance ▁substr atum ), ▁these ▁sch ol ars ▁assume ▁that ▁Roman ians ▁and ▁Alban ians ▁lived ▁in ▁close ▁proxim ity ▁at ▁one ▁time . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁historian ▁Fine , ▁an ▁area ▁where ▁this ▁might ▁have ▁happened ▁is ▁the ▁Mor ava ▁Valley ▁in ▁eastern ▁Ser bia . ▁ ▁It ▁has ▁long ▁been ▁recognized ▁that ▁there ▁are ▁two ▁treat ments ▁of ▁Latin ▁lo ans ▁in ▁Alban ian , ▁of ▁Old ▁Dal mat ian ▁type ▁and ▁Roman ian ▁type , ▁but ▁that ▁would ▁point ▁out ▁to ▁two ▁ge ographic ▁layers , ▁coast al ▁Adri atic ▁and ▁inner ▁B alk an ▁region . ▁Roman ian ▁sch ol ars