The Romans weathered a Germanic rising in the late fourth century, but in 410 the Visigoth Kong Alaric successfully sacked the city of Rome.
After Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914, there was a flurry of activity across Europe. The first, and arguably most important, event happened on the same day. Russia, Serbia's main ally, mobilized its military and prepared to defend Serbia.
I think this means, when they relinquished some sovereignty that they are loosing rights to rule over things they previously owned.
