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legion
The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery
A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
To form into legions.
Numerous; vast; very great in number
"Russia’s labor and capital resources are woefully inadequate to overcome the state’s needs and vulnerabilities, which are legion."
Similar: multitudinous, numerous
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