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I don't know about little-known.

Schools vary, but usually this conflict isn't really presented much in survey classes.

The highlights of education on Greece usually focus on Alexander the Great for a day or two, phalanx, the various figures of Athens, Athens vs. Sparta. Rome usually is some chat about the origin myth, "they were a republic", the Punic Wars, specifically Hannibal, Ceasar, transition to empire, random facts.

Surely most people know that the Romans conquered the Greeks and adapted large part of their culture. For goodness' sake, the eastern half of the Empire they all spoke Greek!

Probably a decent number of people learn about the conflict in passing at least when the fall of the Macedonian satrapies is discussed, as well as the final conquest of Sicily, what with Archimedes' death and all.

I had no idea; most history taught in the states appears to focus on non-european events until, suddenly, holocaust.

Well I'd argue it's the opposite -- that it is an excessively Euro-centric view of the world we mostly learn.

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