Created to fight " outside mainland France ", the Foreign Legion was stationed in Algeria, where it took part in the pacification and development of the colony, by notably drying the marshes in the region of Algiers.

The two regiments of the Foreign Legion took part, as the " Foreign Brigade ", in the battle of Alma ( 20 September 1854 ) and the siege of Sevastopol, during the winter of 1854 – 1855.

Like the rest of the " Army of Africa ", the Foreign Legion took part in the campaign of Italy.

The beginnings of the modern army arose during 1916, when the French government established the " Legion of the Orient ", which included Lebanese soldiers.

* Voldemārs Ozols ( 1884 – 1949 ), aka Society of the Cavaliers of the Order of Lāčplēsis & Freedom Fighters " Legion ", Latvian veterans ' organization

* " Legion ", an eighth season episode of the television series Smallville

* " Legion ", a 1985 album by Mark Shreeve

* " Legion ", a song by Junkie XL from the album Big Sounds of the Drags

* " 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

Originally named " Rebellion on the Moon ", the story appeared in the December 1949 American Legion Magazine.

* Another episode of Justice League Unlimited, " Far From Home ", had Green Arrow, Supergirl, and Green Lantern shanghaied to the 31st century to aid the last free members of the Legion of Super Heroes.

Another Tigers premiership came in 1934, this time against South Melbourne's famed " Foreign Legion ", avenging the Tigers ' loss in the previous season's Grand Final.

" El Monte Legion Stadium ", as it was often called, was the " Happening " place to be for the teenagers of that era.

Shooter wrote the story in which Ferro Lad died – the first " real " death of a Legionnaire ( although Lightning Lad had been believed dead for a while before ) – and introduced many other enduring concepts, including the Fatal Five, Shadow Lass, the Dark Circle, Mordru, and the " Adult Legion ", a conjecture regarding what the Legionnaires would be like when they grew up.

In # 241 – 245 ( July – December 1978 ) Levitz and Sherman ( and then Joe Staton ) produced what was at that time the most ambitious Legion storyline: " Earthwar ", a galactic war between the United Planets and the Khunds, with several other villains lurking in the background.

At the age of 14, " Kal Brande ", also known as Superboy, joins Cosmic Boy and Saturn Girl in forming " Superboy's Legion ", later known as the Legion of Super-Heroes.

During San Diego Comic-Con International 2008, it was announced that Geoff Johns would be writing an episode of Smallville titled " Legion ", which would introduce the Legion of Super-Heroes into the series ' continuity.

The Catholic Legion of Decency gave the movie a " C ", " Condemned " rating, despite giving the original play a milder " B ", " Unobjectionable for adults " rating.

* " Legion " is a song by VNV Nation from the album Empires

The song is in remembrance of The El Monte Legion Stadium and can be heard on many albums including Art Laboe's Memories of El Monte.

Polaris, a side project of Mark Mulcahy's Miracle Legion, served as the show's " house band ", providing the theme song and many other tunes heard throughout the series and even appearing in " Hard Day's Pete " as a local four-piece playing out of a garage.

Examples of usage include: the song " 88 rock ' n ' roll band " by the neo-Nazi band Landser, and the names of the groups Column 88, Unit 88, White Legion 88 and Barselc88.

Also from Labyrinth, the song " Mutant Message " is featured in the Legion trailer.

* Deicide's second album, Legion, contains a song called " Satan Spawn, The Caco-Daemon ".

The song Wherever You Are was recorded by the Military Wives Choir and is to be released as a single in December 2011, with proceeds going to the Royal British Legion and SSAFA Forces Help.

Its original tune, said to have been based on an original Arab song, was created around 1850 and subsequently adopted by the Foreign Legion.

The Gravel Pit contributed a cover of the Miracle Legion song " Closer to the Wall " for the 2009 Mark Mulcahy tribute album " Ciao My Shining Star ".

The song Wherever You Are was recorded by the Military Wives Choir and is to be released as a single in December 2011, with proceeds going to the Royal British Legion and SSAFA Forces Help.

The song is also sung by the Chilean Military and the tune is used for the French Foreign Legion song " Képi Blanc " and, unofficially, by some motorized and parachute units of the Italian army.

The song makes repeated reference to the fact that the Belgians don't get any " blood sausage ", since the King of Belgium at one time forbade his subjects from joining the Legion ( verse says " ce sont des tireurs au cul ").

* The Greek band Rotting Christ has a song on its album " Genesis " entitled " Under The Name of Legion "

* The black metal band Marduk wrote a song entitled " Legion " using the line " My name is legion, for we are many in here "

* The quote ' My name is Legion ' and two lines later ' We are many ' is used in the song ' Ghost in the Firewall ' by Progressive Rock band Arena.

*" My Name is Legion " is a song by Electric Hellfire Club from the album " Witness The Millennium ".

* In a Black Sabbath song called " I " appears a line, " I am Legion, strength in numbers a lie, the number is one "

* The Demons & Wizards song " Crimson King " contains the line, " I am Legion.

* Legion is the name of a song by Theatre of Hate

* Legion is also the name of a song by Gothic Metal band Saviour Machine

He and his cousin were both grandsons of the influential and powerful Julia Maesa, who had arranged for Elagabalus ' acclamation as emperor by the famed Third Gallic Legion.

In Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Last Legion, Aurelianus ( here called " Aurelianus Ambrosius Ventidius ") is a major character and is shown as one of the last loyal Romans, going to enormous lengths for his boy emperor Romulus Augustus, whose power has been wrested by the barbarian Odoacer.

The city was without walls, protected by a light garrison of the Tenth Legion, during the Late Roman Period.

In 1965 he received a joint Erasmus Prize with film director Ingmar Bergman and in 1971 he was made a Commander of the national order of the Legion of Honor by the French Minister of Culture Jacques Duhamel at the Cannes Film Festival.

Following the downfall of Czechoslovakia and occupation of its Czech part by Nazi Germany in 1939, Czechoslovak units and formations served with the Polish Army ( Czechoslovak Legion ), the French Army, the Royal Air Force, the British Army ( the 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade ), and the Red Army ( I Corps ).

During the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline, Professor X and his son Legion are sensing the Phoenix Force was emergencing by transforming Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Colossus and Magik into the Phoenix Five.

The French Foreign Legion was created by Louis Philippe, the King of the French, on 10 March 1831.

The Foreign Legion landed at Tarragona on 17 August with around 4, 000 men who were quickly dubbed Los Argelinos ( the Algerians ) by locals because of their previous posting.

Simultaneously, the Legion took part to the pacification of Algeria, plagued by various tribal rebellions and razzias.

Nevertheless, the old and the new men of the Foreign Legion fought and died in vicious battles on the Western front, including Belloy-en-Santerre during the Battle of the Somme, where Seeger, after being mortally wounded by machine-gun fire, cheered on the rest of his advancing battalion.

The islands are today nature reserves with a meteorological station garrisoned by French troops ( The French Foreign Legion ).

The result was Pas de Dieux, based on Greek mythology, combined with the music of George Gershwin's Concerto in F. It was a major success, and led to his being honoured with the Chevalier of the Legion d ' Honneur by the French Government.

* GW1, Legion of Gold by Gary Gygax, Luke Gygax, and Paul Reiche III ( ISBN 0-935696-61-X )

* D & D Gamma World Expansion Kit: Legion of Gold by Richard Baker and Bruce Cordell ( ISBN 978-0-7869-5510-7 )

On April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, Guernica was the scene of the Bombing of Guernica by the Condor Legion of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe.

On April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, the town was razed to the ground by German aircraft belonging to the Condor Legion, sent by Hitler to support Franco's troops.

In response, the Iceni, joined by the Trinovantes, destroyed the Roman colony at Camulodunum ( Colchester ) and routed the part of the IXth Legion that was sent to relieve it.

He introduced the Islamic Legion in 1972, a Libyan-sponsored pan-Arab paramilitary force by means of which Gaddafi aspired to establish a " Great Islamic State of the Sahel ".

In Black Legion ( 1937 ), for a change, he played a good man caught up and destroyed by a racist organization, a movie Graham Greene called " intelligent and exciting, if rather earnest ".

Macrinus and his son, weakened by the desertion of the Second Legion due to bribes and promises circulated by Julia Maesa, were defeated on 8 June 218 at the Battle of Antioch by troops commanded by Gannys.