Perhaps, perhaps not. Camelot did have its strife, although not as long lived nor as all-encompassing as here. Magic is dangerous in the wrong hands, it is true, but equally can be a source for good in the right hands. Uther Pendragon thought it better to cleanse Camelot of magic entirely. The law was his to make, and his to uphold.

[ And Lancelot's to blithely ignore, apparently. ]