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	A '''legion''' is a horde or a large number of people or things. It was originally a term for a [[military]] unit. In Roman times, a legion was a large unit of men in the army, and the word is still used in many militaries, but also by groups and organisations.		A '''legion''' is a horde or a large number of [[people]] or things. It was originally a term for a [[military]] unit. In [[Roman]] times, a legion was a large unit of men in the army, and the word is still used in many militaries, but also by groups and organisations.
	[[File:Erinnerungszeichen Deutsche Legion 1919.png\|thumb\|350px\|[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Legion_(1919) Deutsche Legion (1919)] ]]		[[File:Erinnerungszeichen Deutsche Legion 1919.png\|thumb\|350px\|[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Legion_(1919) Deutsche Legion (1919)] ]]
	==Roman legions==		==Roman legions==
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	Its basic unit was the century, which comprised eighty men, divided into ten sections (''contubernia'') of eight, who shared either a barrack room or tent. Six centuries of eighty men formed a cohort, and ten cohorts made up a legion, the principal unit of the Roman army comprising 3000 to 6000 foot soldiers with 300 cavalry (''equites'').		Its basic unit was the century, which comprised eighty men, divided into ten sections (''contubernia'') of eight, who shared either a barrack room or tent. Six centuries of eighty men formed a cohort, and ten cohorts made up a legion, the principal unit of the Roman army comprising 3000 to 6000 foot soldiers with 300 cavalry (''equites'').

	After the Marian Reforms and during the Principate period of the Roman empire, each legion numbered approximately 5,200 men, sometimes rising to 6,000. This diminished to as few as 1,000 men during the empire's twilight years up to the [[Fall of Rome]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230614004010/https://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/soldiers.html The Roman legions]</ref> At the height of power of the [[Roman Empire]], Germanic tribes under [[Hermann]] destroyed three legions at the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]] in [[Germania]].		After the Marian Reforms and during the Principate period of the Roman [[empire]], each legion numbered approximately 5,200 men, sometimes rising to 6,000. This diminished to as few as 1,000 men during the empire's twilight years up to the [[Fall of Rome]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230614004010/https://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/soldiers.html The Roman legions]</ref> At the height of power of the [[Roman Empire]], Germanic tribes under [[Hermann]] destroyed three legions at the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]] in [[Germania]].

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	A '''legion''' is a horde or a large number of people or things. It was originally a term for a [[military]] unit. In Roman times, a legion was a large unit of men in the army, and the word is still used in many militaries, but also by groups and organisations.		A '''legion''' is a horde or a large number of people or things. It was originally a term for a [[military]] unit. In Roman times, a legion was a large unit of men in the army, and the word is still used in many militaries, but also by groups and organisations.
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[[File:Battle of the Teutoburg Forest II.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]]]]
A '''legion''' is a horde or a large number of people or things. It was originally a term for a [[military]] unit. In Roman times, a legion was a large unit of men in the army, and the word is still used in many militaries, but also by groups and organisations.
[[File:Erinnerungszeichen Deutsche Legion 1919.jpg|thumb|350px|[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Legion_(1919) Deutsche Legion (1919)] ]]
==Roman legions==

Its basic unit was the century, which comprised eighty men, divided into ten sections (''contubernia'') of eight, who shared either a barrack room or tent. Six centuries of eighty men formed a cohort, and ten cohorts made up a legion, the principal unit of the Roman army comprising 3000 to 6000 foot soldiers with 300 cavalry (''equites'').

After the Marian Reforms and during the Principate period of the Roman empire, each legion numbered approximately 5,200 men, sometimes rising to 6,000. This diminished to as few as 1,000 men during the empire's twilight years up to the [[Fall of Rome]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230614004010/https://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/soldiers.html The Roman legions]</ref> At the height of power of the [[Roman Empire]], Germanic tribes under [[Hermann]] destroyed three legions at the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]] in [[Germania]].

==See also==
* [[German Legion]] ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Legion ''Deutsche Legion''])
* [[Condor Legion]]
* [[Waffen-SS Foreign Legions]]

==External links==
===In German===
* [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6niglich_Deutsche_Legion Königlich Deutsche Legion (King’s German Legion)]
* [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Russisch-Deutsche_Legion Russisch-Deutsche Legion]
* [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Ostlegionen Ostlegionen]
* [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Kroatische_Legion Kroatische Legion]
* [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Lettische_Legion Lettische Legion]
* [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Legion_%E2%80%9EFreies_Indien%E2%80%9C Legion „Freies Indien“]
* [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Schwarze_Schar Schwarze Legion (Black Brunswickers)]
==References==
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