granary: 粮仓

A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed. Ancient or primitive granaries are most often made out of pottery. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animals.  

cannon foundry :  大炮铸造车间

Figure below came from Civil War Harper’s Weekly, September 14, 1861. It was “The West Point Foundry Making Civil War Cannons”. 

rolling mill: 轧钢厂

Figure below was “The Antebellum Atlanta Rolling Mill”. It was constructed in 1858 by Lewis Schofield and James Black and soon after, Schofield and William Markham took it over and transformed it into the South’s second more productive rolling mill. 

It was bought out by Charleston, SC interests in 1863 and became known as the Confederate Rolling Mill when it produced the former products as well as cannon.  

Lucullan banquet: 

extremely luxurious (especially of food)

Lucullan:  (Lucius Licinius Lucullus, 前118—前57或56年）,罗马将军、执政官。有关他的享乐主义和奢侈无度的传说使“卢库卢斯”成为浪费的同义词。

So famous did Lucullus become for his banqueting that the word lucullan now means lavish, luxurious and gourmet. 

Among Lucullus’ other contributions to fine dining, he was also responsible for bringing (a species of) the sweet cherry and the apricot to Rome, developing major facilities for aquaculture, and being the only person in Rome with the ability to provide thrushes for gastronomic purposes in every season, having his own fattening coops. 

Battle of Thermopylae: 温泉关战役

温泉关是一个易守难攻的狭窄通道，一边是大海，另外一边是陡峭的山壁。这个村庄附近有热涌泉，因而得到温泉关（Thermopylae）这个名字。这是矗立在希腊德摩比勒隘口（直译为温泉关），纪念公元前480年温泉关战役的一尊狮子状纪念碑上镌刻的铭文。温泉关之战是第一次波希战争中的马拉松战役之后第10年，波斯帝国和古希腊的又一次具有历史意义的交锋，也是第二次波希战争中的一次著名战役。希腊军队在这个狭小的关隘依托优势地形，抵抗了3天，阻挡了在数量上几十倍于自己的波斯军队，但是波斯军队人数众多，在杀了近2万人（也有记载说是7000）的波斯军队后，300名勇士全部牺牲。

Halifax: The capital of Nova Scotia, Canada

本书中Scarlett提到过几次的Halifax, 其实也许她想说的是go to hell，作为一个lady，好想不能说hell，所以就用要选的 Halifax来代替，估计是滚的越远越好。 At the time of the American Civil War, Canada did not yet exist as a fed

erated nation. Instead, British North America consisted of the Province of Canada and the separate colonies, such as Nova Scotia. 

Canadians were largely opposed to slavery, the preservation of which was the main goal of the Confederate States of America, and Canada had recently become the terminus of the Underground Railroad. 

rifle pit: 散兵壕，步兵射击掩体