Original: In the spring of 190 , Rome was afflicted by a food shortage , for which the praefectus annonae Papirius Dionysius , the official actually in charge of the grain supply , contrived to lay the blame on Cleander .
Simplified: In the spring of 190 , Rome was afflicted by a food shortage , for which the official actually in charge of the grain supply managed to lay the blame on Cleander .