A decade, or more later Camelod has a number of well established daughter cities on the right bank of the Rhine and a considerable merchant fleet carrying on trade with both banks. Rome is still suspicious of Camelod, but the latter takes care to maintain good relations.  When a large, fresh colonisation of northern Germania is mounted, the fleet of Camelodian naval warships and transports make it very plain that their business is with the right bank only. This condition holds even through the year of the four emperors, Nero, Galba, Otto and Vetallius. Camelod refused to take advantage of the Empire’s disarray and kept to its own side of the Rhine. As a result Vespasian (who became the emperor after this short civil war) was able to move troops from Germania Inferior to deal successfully with a massive incursion by the Dacians. Trust between the two, albeit a guarded trust kept the peace along the Rhine, and Camelod carved out a very large part of the north, thrusting the Tuetonii back against the barbarians further to the east. It was a period of small wars and vigorous settlement, followed by industrialisation.

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