Roman Numeral Converter
Convert numbers to Roman numerals and back, with a symbol-by-symbol breakdown.
2026 in Roman numerals
MMXXVI
How it breaks down
M
1,000
M
1,000
X
10
X
10
V
5
I
1
Romans wrote numbers by adding symbols from largest to smallest, with a smaller symbol placed before a larger one meaning subtraction — IV is 4, not 6. There is no zero, and no standard way to write anything above 3,999 without an overline notation.