Space Marine Legions
A space marine legion force works in a very different way from the chapters which superseded them.
Space marine legions. The first founding of the space marine legions also called the legiones astartes occurred in the late 30 millennium after the end of the age of strife and during the unification wars that founded the imperium of man on terra. The twenty space marine legions also known as the legiones astartes were created by the emperor to take part in the great crusade in what was later known as the first founding. Each legion consisted of space marines of a single primarch s gene seed making a total of 20 legions differentiated by roman numerals i to xx.
The space marine legions or the legiones astartes in high gothic were the original unit formations of the space marines created during the first founding by the emperor of mankind on terra in the late 30 th millennium. Since the introduction of the codex astartes there are obviously no longer any space marine legions though that does not stop certain chapters from being described or implied to be at legion strength. All the space marines of a legion battle brothers amongst themselves were modified with help of the dna samples of a single primarch.
Precious little is known about two of the twenty space marine legions numbered ii and xi and their respective primarchs as their records are simply noted as having been expunged or destroyed in imperial listings of the 20 legions. All the space marines of a legion battle brothers amongst themselves were modified with help of the dna samples of a single primarch. There were twenty space marine legions one for each primarch and each primarch became the commander of his respective legion.
All the normal units you can take as compulsory troops in a legion list have minimum unit sizes of 10 so msu spam is impossible with this list. The twenty space marine legions also known as the legiones astartes were created by the emperor to take part in the great crusade in what was later known as the first founding.