How do you know when to put roman numerals into formulas of binary compounds?

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Whenever the element is multivalent, that is, has more than one valence, put the roman numbers in the NAME, not formula as in

copper(II)nitrate Cu(NO3)2

tin(IV) sulfide SnS2
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