Legion

Legion may refer to:

In the military

• Roman legion, the basic military unit of the ancient Roman army
• Spanish Legion, an elite military unit within the Spanish 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 sold for scrapping in 1921
• HMS Legion, a L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy sunk in March 1942

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
• National Legion of Decency, American Catholic organisation

Arts

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 (TV series), an upcoming FX TV series
• "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 (band) a deathcore band from Columbus, Ohio
• "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
• World of Warcraft: Legion, the upcoming sixth World of Warcraft expansion set

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"