Legion
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Legion may refer to:
In the military
- Roman legion, the basic military unit of the ancient Roman army
- Legion of the United States, a reorganization of the United States Army from 1792 to 1796
- French Foreign Legion, a military service wing of the French Army, exclusively created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces
- Various military legions, often composed of soldiers from a specific ethnic, national, religious or ideological background
- HMS Legion (1914), a Royal Navy ship sunk in 1921
- HMS Legion, a L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy
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, the United Kingdom's leading charity providing support for members of the British Armed Forces and their dependents
- Royal Canadian Legion, a non-profit Canadian ex-service organization (veterans organization) founded in 1925, with more than 400,000 members worldwide
- Voldemārs Ozols (1884–1949), aka Society of the Cavaliers of the Order of Lāčplēsis & Freedom Fighters "Legion", Latvian veterans' organization
Religious
- The name of the Gerasene demoniac healed by Jesus in the gospels
- Legion of Mary, a Catholic Church organisation
Arts
Main article: Legion in popular culture
Film and television
- "Legion" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), the eighteenth episode in the second season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- "Legion" (Red Dwarf), the second episode of Red Dwarf Series VI
- Legion (1998 film) a 1998 made-for-television film
- Legion (2010 film) a 2010 apocalyptic supernatural action film
- "Legion", an eighth season episode of the television series Smallville
- Legion, the alien kaiju seen in the film Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
Comics
- Legion (Marvel Comics), an antihero in Marvel Comics
- Legion (DC Comics), a supervillain in DC Comics
- Legion of Super-Heroes, a superhero team in DC Comics
- The Legion (comics), one of the comic books where the Legion of Super-Heroes was published
- Legion (Image Comics), a group of characters from the Spawn series
- Legion (IDW Publishing), a comic book based on the 2010 film of the same name
- Legion, a member of the Special Executive
- L.E.G.I.O.N., a 1989 DC Comics title and a team of superheroes, the 20th Century forerunners to the Legion of Superheroes
- Ghostbusters: Legion, a 2004 comic book series
Literature
- Legion (novella), a 2012 novella by Brandon Sanderson
- Legion, a play by Hal Corley
- Legion, a unit in the army of the fictional The Domination
- Legion (Blatty novel), a 1983 novel by William Peter Blatty
- Legion (demon), a group of demons referred to in the Christian Bible
- Legion, by Dan Abnett, Book 7 in the Horus Heresy book series
- The Legion (novel), 2010 historical novel by Simon Scarrow
Music
- Legion (album), a 1992 album by Deicide
- "Legion", a 1985 album by Mark Shreeve
- Legion, stage name of Erik Hagstedt, Swedish vocalist in the black metal band Marduk
- The Legion, a hip hop group from the mid-1990s associated with Black Sheep
- Legion Records, started in 1997 by Michael Brosnan under the name Goatboy Records then changed to Goatboy Farms Recordings
- "Legion" is a song by VNV Nation from the album Empires
- "Legion", a song by Junkie XL from the album Big Sounds of the Drags
- "Legion", a song by Saviour Machine from the album Saviour Machine I
- "Legion", a song by HammerFall from the album No Sacrifice, No Victory
- "Legion", a song by At the Gates from the 2002 re-issue of the album Slaughter of the Soul
- Legions, a 2013 album by the Danish band Artillery
Games
- Legion Gold, or simply Legion, is a turn-based strategy game with a historical setting of the European conquests by Rome
- Legions (Magic: The Gathering), a set of cards in the game Magic: The Gathering
- Legion (Mass Effect), the adopted name of a synthetic intelligence in Mass Effect 2
- Legion, central villain of the video game Shadow Man
- Legion, an artificial intelligence unit in Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
- Legion, a group of slavers in the video game series Fallout
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, located in the red hill country of Louisville, Mississippi, and area originally inhabited by the Choctaw Indian Nation
Other
- Legion (biology), a taxonomic term in biology
- Legion (software), a computer software system
- Legion Interactive, an Australian telecommunications company
- Racine Legion/Tornadoes, an American football team
See also
- Legionella, a bacterium
- Lajjun, Palestinian village whose name is derived from "Legion"