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Legion:''Not to be confused with lesion''
Armed forces
Military units
- Roman legion|Roman Legion
- The Theban Legion – a Roman Legion whose members, under a long-lasting tradition, were massacred for their Christian belief
- Legion of the United States, an early United States land force
- Hampton's Legion, a combined arms force of the Confederate States Army recruited and led by Wade Hampton III in the American Civil War
- Foreign legion
- Nauvoo Legion, a militia playing a significant part in early Mormon history
- The Arab Legion (''al-Jaysh al-Arabī'') was the regular army of Transjordan, predecessor of the present Jordanian Army
- Condor Legion, unit of "volunteers" from the German Luftwaffe serving with the Nationalist side during the Spanish Civil War
- International Legion - founded by Garibaldi
- Mickiewicz's Legion - Polish exiles fighting in 1848 Italy
- Waffen-SS|SS-Legion - Military units of Waffen-SS
- Volga Tatar Legion - one of several units formed by Wehrmacht out of Soviet POW's, according to their ethnicity
- Irish Legion - the Irish Legion (French:Legion irlandaise) was originally created for a proposed invasion of Ireland
- La Legion Noire (The black Legion) in the French Revolutionary Army
Awards
- Légion d'honneur (France)
- Philippine Legion of Honor
- Legion of Merit (USA)
Veterans' organizations
- American Legion, an organization of United States veterans
- Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, a post-Civil War fraternity of loyal service members
- American Legion Auxiliary, a woman's service organization affiliated with the American Legion
- The Royal British Legion
- Royal Canadian Legion
- Voldemārs Ozols|The Society of the Cavaliers of the Order of Lāčplēsis and Freedom Fighters "Legion", an interwar Latvian extreme right organization of veterans
Ships
- ''HMS Legion (1914)'', a Royal Navy ship sunk in 1921
- ''HMS Legion (G74)'', a Royal Navy ship sunk in 1941
- ''USS American Legion (AP-35)''
Battles
- Battle of the City of Legion
Pop culture
Games
- Legions (Magic: The Gathering)|Legions (''Magic: The Gathering'')
- ''Legion Arena'', a computer game released in 2005
- ''Legion: The Legend of Excalibur'', a Playstation 2 game released in 2002
- Alpha Legion in the fictional universe of ''Warhammer 40,000''
- A recurring enemy in the ''Castlevania#Enemies|Castlevania'' video game series
- Legion, central villain of the 1999 video game Shadow Man (video game)|Shadow Man
- LEGION, the Nod AI seen from the player's perspective in Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
- ''Legions of the Damned'', demons in "Disciples: Sacred Lands"
Film and television
- Legion the monster, seen in the film ''Gamera 2: Attack of Legion''
- Legion of Super Heroes (animated series), inspired by the DC Comics superhero team
- Legion (Law & Order: CI Episode)
- Legion (Red Dwarf episode)
- Legion (film) upcoming 2010 Christian-themed fantasy-thriller film
Literature and comic books
- ''Legion (novel)|Legion'', a novel by William Peter Blatty
- Legion of Super-Heroes, a DC comics superhero team
- ''L.E.G.I.O.N.'', a DC Comics title
- Legion (Marvel Comics)|Legion, an antihero in Marvel Comics
- Legion (DC Comics)|Legion, a supervillain in DC Comics
- Ghostbusters: Legion, a comic book series
- Legion of Space Series, science fiction series by Jack Williamson
- The Legion of Space, a novel in the Legion of Space SerieS by Jack Williamson
- The Legion of Time, stories by Jack Williamson
- Legion (Warhammer 40,000), a Horus Heresy novel by Dan Abnett, published by Black Library (Games Workshop)
- Legion (play)|Legion a play by Hal Corley
- Legion, a one-shot horror comic written by Salvador Sanz and published by IDW
- "The Misplaced Legion", "An Emperor for the Legion", "The Legion of Videssos" and "The Swords of the Legion" - a fantasy series by Harry Turtledove known collectively as "The Videssos Cycle"
- The Book of Luke in the New Testament mentions "Legion" as a personification of The Devil (Luke 8:30)
Music
- ''Legion (album)|Legion'', an album by Deicide
- Legion (musician)|Legion, Swedish vocalist of black metal
- Legion Records
- "Legion" is a song by VNV Nation from the album ''Empires''
- "Legion" is a song by Junkie XL from the album Big Sounds of the Drags
Places
- Legion Field, a stadium in Birmingham, Alabama
- Legion Park, a stadium in Great Falls, Montana
- Legion Sports Complex, a complex in Wilmington, North Carolina
- Legion Stadium, the main stadium in the Legion Sports Complex
- Legion State Park
- Colchester Legion Stadium, a stadium in Truro, Nova Scotia
Other
- A number 3,000-6,000
- Legion (biology)
- Legion (demon) (also The Gadarene demon) in the New Testament
- Legion (software), a computer software system
- Legion Interactive, an Australian telecommunications company
- Racine Legion, an American football team
- The Romanian version of a fascist movement, the Iron Guard, was founded as the "Legion of the Archangel Michael"
- Legionary Romania or National Legionary State, terms used sometimes for the period of Romanian history when the above dominated the country's politics
- ''"Legionnairism"'', fascist idelogy professed by far-right Romanians claiming heritage of the above (see Noua Dreaptă)
- Legionary ant or Army ant, particularly aggressive types of ant
- Legion of Christ (contemporary religious organization)
- Legion of Mary (), an association of Catholic laity
- Legionella
- ''Anonymous (group)|Legion'' is the alternate name of Anonymous, group participating in various cyber and real-life activities.
See also
- My name is Legion
simple:Legion (disambiguation)
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