Legion

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Legion may refer to:

Military

  • Roman legion, the basic military unit of the ancient Roman army
  • Aviazione Legionaria, Italian air force during the Spanish Civil War
  • A legion is the regional unit of the Italian carabinieri
  • Spanish Legion, an elite military unit within the Spanish Army
  • Condor Legion, a unit of military personnel from the air force and army of Nazi Germany
  • French Foreign Legion, a part of the French Army, created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces
  • International Legion (Ukraine), a Ukrainian foreign volunteer wing of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war
  • HMS Legion (1914), a Royal Navy World War I destroyer
  • HMS Legion (G74), a Royal Navy World War II destroyer sunk in 1942
  • Legion of the United States, a reorganization of the United States Army from 1792 to 1796
  • Various military legions, often composed of soldiers from a specific ethnic, national, religious or ideological background

Veterans' organizations

  • American Legion, an organization of American veterans
  • Royal British Legion, a UK charity providing support for members of the British Armed Forces and their dependents
  • Royal Canadian Legion, a non-profit Canadian veterans' organization
  • South African Legion of Military Veterans, the oldest veterans organization organisation in South Africa
  • Society of the Cavaliers of the Order of Lāčplēsis & Freedom Fighters, also known as the Legion, a right-wing veterans' organisation founded by Voldemārs Ozols (1884–1949)

Arts and media

Comics

  • Legion (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics antihero
  • Legion (DC Comics), a DC Comics supervillain
  • Legion of Super-Heroes, a DC Comics superhero team
  • The Legion (comics), one of the comic books where the Legion of Super-Heroes was published
  • Legion, a group of characters from the Spawn series
  • 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

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
  • The Legion (film) a 2020 film starring Mickey Rourke
  • Legions (film), a 2022 Argentine supernatural horror film
  • Legion (TV series), an FX TV series based on the Marvel Comics character
  • "Legion", an eighth-season episode of the television series Smallville
  • Legion, an alien kaiju seen in the film Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
  • Legion, a fictional computer network in the 2019 film Terminator: Dark Fate
  • Legion of the Candy Kingdom Haters, a fictional organization in the animated TV series Adventure Time

Games

  • Legion, a often appearing enemy in the Castlevania series.
  • Legion Gold, or simply Legion, a strategy game
  • 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
  • World of Warcraft: Legion, the sixth World of Warcraft expansion set
  • The Legion, a group of killer characters in the horror video game Dead by Daylight
  • Watch Dogs: Legion, an action-adventure game and the third installment in the Watch Dogs series
  • Caesar's Legion, a faction in Fallout: New Vegas

Plays

In print

  • Legion (novella series), a series of novellas by Brandon Sanderson
  • Legion, a unit in the army of the fictional The Domination
  • Legion (Blatty novel), a 1983 novel by William Peter Blatty
  • Legion (demons), 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), a 2010 historical novel by Simon Scarrow

Music

  • Legion Records, started in 1997 by Michael Brosnan under the name Goatboy Records
  • Legion (band) a deathcore band from Columbus, Ohio
  • Legion, stage name of Erik Hagstedt, Swedish vocalist in the black metal band Marduk
  • The Legion, a hip hop group from the Bronx, New York, associated with Black Sheep
  • Legion (album), a 1992 album by Deicide
  • Legion, a 1985 album by Mark Shreeve
  • Legions, a 2013 album by the Danish band Artillery
  • "Legion", a song by Candiria from the album Kiss the Lie
  • "Legion", a song by HammerFall from the album No Sacrifice, No Victory
  • "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 Slaughter Lord, covered by At the Gates in the 2002 re-issue of the album Slaughter of the Soul
  • "Legion", a song by Tesseract from the album War of Being
  • "Legion", a song by VNV Nation from the album Empires
  • "Legions", a song by Winds of Plague from the album Decimate the Weak

Sports

Other uses

  • Legion (demons), the collective name of the demons in the gospel account of the Gerasene demoniac
  • Legion Park (disambiguation)
  • Legion (taxonomy), a taxonomic rank in biology
  • Legion (software), a computer software system
  • Legion Interactive, an Australian telecommunications company
  • Catholic Legion (disambiguation)
  • Legionnaire (disambiguation)
  • Legionary
  • Lenovo Legion, a series of high-end gaming laptops.
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