User blog comment:Morgana High Priestess/Which reign is better: Uther's or Arthur's?/@comment-5591912-20130120115900/@comment-5102537-20130120191244

No, there wasn't peace under Arthur's reign. Only for three years and only because Morgana was imprisoned by Sarrum. There was peace for more than two decades (I think for at least 22 years) under Uther's reign. This changed when Morgana, Morgause and Cenred attacked Camelot. Uther wasn't an aggressor when it came to other kingdoms, he didn't attack any other kingdom and didn't risk a war but was always cautious and succeeded in keeping peace (for exampe the unification of the Five Kingdoms). It was Uther who made Camelot strong and wealthy, not Arthur.

Which is the very reason why they subsequently turned Uther into a psychopath as a ghost. Arthur needed to shine in comparison to Uther. During Arthur's reign, he didn't achieve anything except for the Round Table and freedom for the druids. We could see that it was totally invane since the druids suddenly attacked Camelot, too.

And Uther cared for his people which was evident when not trying to conquer other kingdoms, when making the peace contracts with the Five Kingdoms and when he offered his own life to Morgana for the innocent people of Camelot in the season three finale.