Legion
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Legion may refer to:
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[edit] In the military
- Roman legion, the basic military unit of the ancient Roman army
- List of military legions
- Battle of the City of Legion
- HMS Legion (1914), a Royal Navy ship sunk in 1921
[edit] 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 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
[edit] Decorations
- Legion of Honour, French
- Legion of Merit, American
[edit] Arts
[edit] 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 fantasy/horror film
- "Legion", an eighth season episode of the television series Smallville
- Legion, the alien kaiju seen in the film Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
[edit] Comics
- Legion (Marvel Comics), an antihero in Marvel Comics
- Legion (DC Comics), a supervillain in DC Comics
- 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
[edit] Literature
- Legion (demon), a group of demons referred to in the Christian Bible
- Legion (novel), a 1983 novel by William Peter Blatty
- Legion (Warhammer 40,000), a Horus Heresy novel by Dan Abnett
- Legion, a play by Hal Corley
- Legion, a unit in the army of the fictional The Domination
[edit] 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
- 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
[edit] Games
- Legions (Magic: The Gathering), a set of cards in the game Magic: The Gathering
- A recurring enemy in the Castlevania video game series
- In Mass Effect 2, Legion is the designation given to a Geth terminal encountered and befriended by Commander Shepard
- Legion, central villain of the video game Shadow Man (video game)
- An artificial intelligence unit in Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
- Legion, a recurring demon/persona in the Megami Tensei series
- A Strategic Cruiser in the MMORPG Eve Online
- In the video game series Fallout (series) The Legion is a group of slavers based on the Roman Legion in the post apocalyptic wasteland.
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] See also
- Legionella, a bacterium
- Lajjun, Palestinian village whose name is derived from "Legion"
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