Maria Floriani Squarciapino (1917-2003) was an Italian classical archaeologist and professor at La Sapienza University in Rome, known for her work on the Roman port city of Ostia.

Squarciapino studied at La Sapienza University in Rome and was a student of Pietro Romanelli,[1] graduating in 1939 with a thesis on the topic of the school of Aphrodisias.

[2][3][4] She developed an interest in the archaeology of North Africa in the Roman period,[3] and underwent training at the Scuola nazionale di Archeologi.

[1] Squarciapino became an inspector at the Soprintendenza for Ostia in 1946, where she worked closely with Italo Gismondi, Giovanni Becatti, Herbert Bloch and others.

[2] As well as her work at Ostia, Squarciapino also participated in excavations elsewhere, including the Roman Forum (1955–57), Leptis Magna, Tell Mardikh (1964–66) and in Albania.