Local gods rapidly disappeared with the rise of universal faiths.

Evidence

Suddenly, in the 370s, offerings to traditional gods just stopped and their place was taken by other gods with a wider, universal reach. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 714

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 714
• XREF: connects to: Gods become fiction when their cultural support base drains.; Greeks treated mythology as national while Christians ascribed it to universals — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 265