Legion (disambiguation)

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Legion may refer to:

Contents 1 Armed forces 1.1 Military units 1.2 Awards 1.3 Veterans' organizations 1.4 Ships 1.5 Battles 2 Pop culture 2.1 Games 2.2 Film and television 2.3 Literature and comic books 2.4 Music 3 Places 4 Other 5 See also

[edit] Armed forces

[edit] Military units

• 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

[edit] Awards

• Légion d'honneur (France)
• Philippine Legion of Honor
• Legion of Merit (USA)

[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
• Royal Canadian Legion

[edit] 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)

[edit] Battles

• Battle of the City of Legion

[edit] Pop culture

[edit] Games

• 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 video game series
• Legion, central villain of the 1999 video game Shadow Man
• LEGION, the Nod AI seen from the player's perspective in Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath

[edit] 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)

[edit] Literature and comic books

• 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, an antihero in Marvel 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.
• Legion (Warhammer 40,000), a Horus Heresy novel by Dan Abnett, published by Black Library (Games Workshop).
• Legion a play by Hal Corley.
• Legion, a one-shot horror comic written by Salvador Sanz and published by IDW

[edit] Music

• Legion, an album by Deicide
• 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.
• Legion, a New Zealand Thrash Metal Band
• Legion, a hardcore rap group out of the Bronx, New York, USA.

[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
• Colchester Legion Stadium, a stadium in Truro, Nova Scotia

[edit] 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 (Latin: Legio Mariae), an association of Catholic laity
• Legionella

[edit] See also

• My name is Legion