[Tex/LaTex] How to get Roman numerals in text

roman numerals

For example:

Charles's sister Bona, married the eldest son of Philip VI of France, the future John II of France, in 1335.

How can I get Roman numerals?

Best Answer

Here's an example how you could use the TeX primitive (mentioned by Martin) for defining your own macro for conversion to big Roman numbers:

\documentclass{article}
\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\rom}[1]{\expandafter\@slowromancap\romannumeral #1@}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
Charles's sister Bona, married the eldest son of Philip \rom{6} of France,
the future John \rom{2} of France, in 1335.

Today is the year \rom{2011}.
\end{document}

roman numbers

It's done similar to the definition of the LaTeX macro \Roman.

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