Camerinus was a member of the gens Licinia, an aristocratic plebeian family that had a distinguished lineage.
[1] He was one of the sons and among the children born to Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi consul of 64, son of Roman Politician Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi and Scribonia,[2] by his wife Sulpicia Praetextata daughter of the suffect consul in 46, Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Peticus.
The father of Camerinus, Frugi was executed by the Roman emperor Nero between 66 and 68, because of information brought against him by Marcus Aquilius Regulus.
Geta successfully managed to assemble around him the local population and even some soldiers who were misled by him or wished for a revolution.
When Geta's real origin was revealed, Vitellius had him executed as a common slave.