Sestianae Arae
Sestianæ Aræ, f. , autels Sestiens [Tarraconnaise] : Plin. 4, 111.
SESTIANAE ARAE
SESTIA´NAE ARAE (called by Ptolemy Σηστίου Βωμοὶ ἄκρον, 2.5.3), the W. promontory of the N. coast of Gallaecia in Hispania Tarraconensis. It had three altars dedicated to Augustus, whence its name. (Plin. Nat. 4.20. s. 34; Mela, 3.1.) It is the present Cabo Villano (Florez, Esp. Sagr. 20. p. 44; Sestini, Med. Isp. p. 103.)
[T.H.D]Sestiānae Arae
The most westerly promontory of the northern coast of Hispania Tarraconensis, now Cape Villano. It had three altars dedicated to Augustus.